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What is the origin of the word blimey?

The word blimey originates from British English. Blimey first appeared in print in Barrère and Leland's A dictionary of slang in1889. Blimey is a contraction of blind me, as in cor blimey, “God blind me” and is used to express shock or surprise.

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