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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- minced oath from Jaysus. Compare jeepers.
Interjection
[edit]jakers
- (Ireland, colloquial, dated) An expression of surprise or emotion
- 1838, Charles Dance, “The Irish Lion”, in The Acting National Drama, volume 4, Chapman & Hall, page 75:
- Be jakers, what are they hushing at—and staring at me as if I wor a Roschicrucian.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- O jakers, Jenny, says Joe, how short your shirt is!