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Jingoes | Jingo \Jin"go\, n.; pl. {Jingoes}. [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph.] [1913 Webster] 1. A word used as a jocular oath. ``By the living jingo.'' --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [Cant, Eng.] [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: [1913 Webster] We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too. [1913 Webster] |
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