🔤 Zooks ✨

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herat ya ghusse ka izhar, qadeem aajizana half

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📚interjection

zooks

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DEFINITION

an archaic exclamation expressing surprise or anger, originally a euphemistic oath

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The old play featured a character who shouted zooks loudly whenever he discovered that his plans had been completely ruined. Zooks was commonly used in seventeenth century english drama as a mild oath that avoided directly taking the lords name in vain. The startled gentleman cried zooks when he accidentally stepped into a deep puddle and soaked his expensive leather boots entirely. Scholars of early modern english literature study words like zooks to understand how people expressed strong emotions without violating religious prohibitions. The actor delivered the line with perfect comic timing causing the audience to laugh every time he exclaimed zooks in mock outrage.

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gadzooks heavens goodness