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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Jingo \Jin"go\, n.; pl. {Jingoes}. [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph.] 1. A word used as a jocular oath. [bd]By the living jingo.[b8] --Goldsmith. 2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [Cant, Eng.] Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: 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. | |
