Jiminy Crickets

English

Interjection

Jiminy Crickets

1. Alternative form of Jiminy Cricket
   • 1912, Thomas A. Janvier, Beverly's Pneumatic Cat-Silencer:

     "Jiminy crickets, Bish!" exclaimed the Doctor, "what sort of hash are you and the Judge giving us? This isn't anybody's red-hot folk-lore society! Drop it all—can't you?

   • 1992, Reba Young, Truman's Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, page 27:

     Some day, I feel like the old timer who once said, "Jiminy Crickets, hain't life changed since I was a boy?"

   • 2004, Bonnie Bedi Siegrist, Little Farm Down the Lane:

     "Jiminy Crickets, what's all the racket about," he hollered.

   • 2011, John G. Stoffolano Jr., Tonino:

     Dave was telling Pierangelo something about the overall plot, and when the waitress accidentally spilled a drink on him, Dave abruptly shouted, “Jiminy Crickets!”