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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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YOD, int. Euphemistic alteration of God, used as an expletive: by Jove! Cf. Nyod.Abd. 1832 W. Scott Poems 117:
Ye'll better travel down the stair, Or, yod, I'se mark ye.Abd. 1912 Trans. Abd. Working Men's Nat. Hist. Soc. III. 65:
“What food attracts him here?” “Yod, he eats maistly onything”Abd. 1957 Bon-Accord (5 Sept.) 8:
Yod if I min' — ach ye ken yersel!