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Old 14 July 2012, 01:35 AM
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Comment: Where did the phase "Heavens to Betsy" Come from?
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Comment: Where did the phase "Heavens to Betsy" Come from?
Americanism, at least from 1857, possibly earlier. No one really knows.
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