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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jing-goh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪŋ goʊ |
Definition of jingo
Origin :- "mindless, gung-ho patriot," 1878, picked up from the refrain of a music hall song written by G.W. Hunt, and sung by "Gilbert H. MacDermott" (1845-1901), supporting aggressive British policy toward Russia at a time of international tension. ("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.")
- Hunt's patriotic song of 1878, with a swinging tune ... became at Macdermott's instigation the watchword of the popular supporters of England's bellicose policy. The "Daily News" on 11 March 1878 first dubbed the latter 'Jingoes' in derision .... ["Dictionary of National Biography," London, 1912]
- As an asseveration, it was in colloquial use since 1690s, and is apparently yet another euphemism for Jesus, influenced by conjurer's gibberish presto-jingo (1660s). The frequent suggestion that it somehow derives from Basque Jinko "god" is "not impossible," but "as yet unsupported by evidence" [OED].
- As in hawk : noun a warlike person
- There's the coach, by Jingo, three bays and a grey—no chance of the box—is this a hat?
- Extract from : « Frank Fairlegh » by Frank E. Smedley
- By jingo, I think he might say ‘splice the main brace’ now, after all this jollification!
- Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- By jingo, I never saw such a pack of young gamecocks in my life.
- Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- They are not suspicious of our intentions in spite of what jingo papers say.
- Extract from : « Flash-lights from the Seven Seas » by William L. Stidger
- Jingo first appears in conjurors' jargon of the 17th century.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley
- You may baulk all the bailiffs, and defy any other man to serve you with a writ; but, by jingo!
- Extract from : « Handy Andy, Volume One » by Samuel Lover
- He lifted up the cover: it was ducks and green pease, by jingo!
- Extract from : « Little Travels and Roadside Sketches » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- I am no Imperialist, and only on rare and proper occasions a Jingo.
- Extract from : « Eugenics and Other Evils » by G. K. Chesterton
- The bully of the music-hall shouting "Jingo" had his special audience.
- Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing
- By jingo, corporal, you certainly have done yourself and all of us proud!
- Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Trenches » by James R. Driscoll
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