† Cuds. World English Historical Dictionary

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Obs. A deformation of the word God’s, in oaths and exclamations; cf. CODS, COTS. Also Cudso, Cudsho (cf. COTSO).

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1599.  Middleton & Rowley, Old Law, IV. i. Cud so, Gnotho, I’ll not tarry so long.

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1607.  Middleton, Michaelmas Term, II. iii. Cuds me! I’m undone. Ibid. (a. 1627), No Wit, V. ii. Cuds bodkins!

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1663.  T. Killigrew, Parson’s Wedding, I. ii. Cud’s body, they’re twigs of the old rod … that whipped us so lately.

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1711.  Swift, Jrnl. to Stella, 1 July. Cudsho, the next letter to Presto will be dated from Wexford.

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