or criminey! crimes!—See CRIKEY. [Possibly the latter usage has been influenced by crimen meum, my fault.]
1700. FARQUHAR, The Constant Couple, Act iv., Sc. 1. Murder’d my brother! O CRIMINI!
1816. SCOTT, The Antiquary, ch. xvi. A monument of a knight-templar on each side of a Grecian porch, and a Madonna on the top of it!—O CRIMINI!
1841. The Comic Almanack, p. 280. ‘A Lament for Bartlemy Fair.’ Oh! lawk; oh! dear; oh! CRIMENY me; what a downright sin and a shame.
