od's bobs

English

Alternative forms

• ods-bobs

Etymology

Perhaps a euphemistic alteration of God's body.

Interjection

od's bobs

1. (obsolete) Expressing surprise, emotion etc.
   • 1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4:

     “[F]or odds-bobs, if you do not pay me, he will return, and be as good as his word.”