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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jingo \Jin"go\, n.; pl {Jingoes}. [Said to be a corruption of St Gingoulph.] 1. A word used as a jocular oath. ``By the living jingo.'' --Goldsmith. 2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs. [Cant, Eng.] Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too
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