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Where does “strewth” come from?

strewth (English) comes from English God's truth — The absolute truth; used as an emphatic...

strewth (English): 1957, Greta X , The Whipping-Post,; 1971 July...

Definitions

  1. 1957, Greta X , The Whipping-Post,; 1971 July...

Ancestry of “strewth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGod's truthThe absolute truth; used as an emphatic...
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