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zounds (interj.)
c. 1600, oath of surprise or anger, altered from
(by) God's wounds!
, in reference to the wounds of Christ on the Cross. "One of the innumerable oaths having reference to Christ's passion" [Century Dictionary]. Compare
gadzooks
.
