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However Mr Norris said of the Gordon Bennett expression: "It seems most likely to be a euphemistic substitution for 'gorblimey', which is itself a phonetic rendering of a colloquial or regional pronunciation of 'God blind me'."

"Gorblimey, mate," exclaimed the homeward-bound worker when he spotted the young man slumped against the wall at the Lee Bank Road bus stop in Birmingham.

Instantly came back your answer: "Gorblimey, guv'nor, give us a chawnce�we've only been here seven minutes!"

"Gorblimey!" said his interlocutor, much astonished.

"Gorblimey, it's bleedin' orful," said they.