fackins

English

Alternative forms

• feckins
• fegs

Etymology

Corruption of fay, faith ( +‎ -kins).

Noun

fackins (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 152:

     I suppose he hath left me mourning; but, i’fackins! if that be all, the devil shall wear it for him, for me.