Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ventrebleu.
Examples
-
“Ventrebleu!” and it WAS ventrebleu with him, I warrant you; for bleu, in the French language, means “through;” and ventre — why, you see, ventre means —
Catherine: a story 1839
-
But my little rogue kicked and plunged at the old parson's shins until he was obliged to get his sexton to hold him down, and swore, corbleu, morbleu, ventrebleu, that his young friend
Barry Lyndon William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
"Ventrebleu!" and it WAS ventrebleu with him, I warrant you; for bleu, in the French language, means
Catherine: a Story William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
-
"Mordieu! ventrebleu! sangdien!" cried a stifled voice.
Chicot the Jester Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
-
But my little rogue kicked and plunged at the old parson’s shins until he was obliged to get his sexton to hold him down, and swore, corbleu, morbleu, ventrebleu, that his young friend Jacob should not be maltreated.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.