cor

Expression of surprise.

Interjection

  1. Expression of surprise.
    • […] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days. - 1960, P[elham] G[renville]...

Origin

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

Synonyms

wow

Related

cor blimey

Noun

  1. Any of various former units of volume, particularly:

    1. A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.

    2. Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.

      Synonyms: homer

    3. A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

Origin

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Forms

cors kor core

Synonyms

homer omer

Related

cor bovinum cor pulmonale cor triatriatum