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an Irish exclamation of surprise, a euphemism for 'by God'
Begorra, I never thought I'd see the day!
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Etymology
An Anglo-Irish minced oath, a euphemistic alteration of 'by God', the deity's name being deliberately distorted to avoid blasphemy. God is from Old English god, from Proto-Germanic *gudą.
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