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The expression by Jingo is a minced oath that appeared rarely in print, but which may be traced as far back as to at least the 17th century in a transparent euphemism for "by Jesus". [1] The OED attests the first appearance in 1694, in an English edition of the works of François Rabelais as a translation for the French par Dieu!
"Oh By Jingo!" (also "Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee You're The Only Girl For Me "), is a 1919 novelty song by Albert Von Tilzer with lyrics by Lew Brown . The song was featured in the Broadway show " Linger Longer Letty ", and became one of the biggest Tin Pan Alley hits of the post-World War I era.
The American War-Dog, a 1916 political cartoon by Oscar Cesare, with the dog named "Jingo". Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. [1]
G. H. MacDermott on a sheet music cover by Alfred Concanen (1882). Gilbert Hastings MacDermott (born John Farrell; 27 February 1845 – 8 May 1901) was an English comic singer or lion comique, who was one of the biggest stars of the Victorian English music hall.
Band members. Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath – lead vocal, guitar, pedal steel guitar Jimbo Wallace – upright bass Paul Simmons – drums, background vocals; Additional musicians
That day, in August 2013, Patrick got in the car and put the duffel bag on a seat. Inside was a talisman he’d been given by the treatment facility: a hardcover fourth edition of the Alcoholics Anonymous bible known as “The Big Book.”
Jingo, Kansas, a community in the United States; Jingo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States; Jingo, the main town on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea "Jingo", fifth movement of Statements for orchestra by Aaron Copland; By Jingo, a minced oath from the 17th century "Oh By Jingo!", a 1919 popular song
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