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[tiara4321]

What is 'Timothy' ????

[squarebear]

A type of grass and a male forename.

[Quizmonster]

Or an old vessel for drink such as a punch-bowl or goblet.

[Clanad]

Or two Books in the New Testament of the Bible, a child hood Syndrome characterized by severe cardiac arythmia, Nmae of a Spur-thighed tortise that was thought to be 160 years old when he died in 2004, a type of hand throttle on very old John Deere tractors...

[weggiewabbit]

It's also a darts game in some parts of the country

[Buenchico]

It's also an expression of surprise, introduced into the English language by the author Francis Durbridge.

In the days when it was considered to be swearing to say things like 'Damn' or 'Hell', authors struggled to find phrases to express surprise, concern or indignation. (This was particularly true of those whose works appeared on the radio). Francis Durbridge invented the phrase 'By Timothy' for her hero, Steve Temple, to use at dramatic moments. The radio series was listened to by the majority of the population and the contracted 'Timothy' came to be used as an expression of surprise.

Timothy is also the name of a type of grass used for animal fodder.

Chris