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    Jun 15, 2012, 04:54 PM
    Need a translation of a single old word.
    There's a movie called Two Rode Together, western, 1961.

    There's a dialog between two, marshal and a cowboy, they're talking about how much money each of them makes, and when cowboy says he makes a lot, much more money, which was unbeknown to marshal, he says...

    - Don't tell me you didn't know.
    - No, I didn't know about that.
    - Well, I get 10 percent of everything in Tascosa.
    - Holy crimanetta.


    So I've been lurking a meaning of this word crimanetta, founding nothing. I understand he meant something close to "holy cow", but I'd like to know an exact meaning of this word.

    Here's a YouTube link to a scene in a film where he says it.
    Thank you.
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    Jun 15, 2012, 05:04 PM
    It's like "Holy Criminy" or "Holy Cow" -- just an expression, a euphemism someone invented to use instead of a swear word.

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cri1.htm
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    Jun 15, 2012, 05:08 PM
    Thanks Wondergirl! You saved my day =)
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    Jun 15, 2012, 05:14 PM
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    Thanks Wondergirl! You saved my day =)
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    Jun 16, 2012, 05:47 AM
    Will sure do. I tried several q&a services, and this one seems to be the best.
    Thanks again.

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