phr. (old).—An old oath—‘God’s blood and wounds!’
1839. W. H. AINSWORTH, Jack Sheppard [1889], 58. ‘Och! if he’s a friend o’ yours, my dear boy, there’s no more to be said; and right sorry am I I struck him. But, BLOOD-AN’-’OUNS! man, if ould Nick himself were to hit me a blow, I’d be afther givin’ him another.’
