bejabers


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bejabers

(bɪˈdʒeɪbəz)
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They will seek to scare the bejabers out of us all by painting a horrendous scenario for our national future if we no longer take our orders from Brussels" - Author Frederick Forsyth a committed Brexit supporter.
BEGORRAH and bejabers, there are some shenanigans afoot in the land of the leprechauns - or at least there will be if the team at EastEnders have their way.
On the eve of Waterloo, Wellington's said to have surveyed his troops and said: "I don't know what the French make of them, but they scare the bejabers out of me."