criffins

• criftens
• crifty

Alteration of Christ fend us. Attested from the early 19th century.

criffins

1. (dated) an exclamation of surprise or astonishment

   Criffins! that thair noyes

   Crikey! that noise

• crivvens

• “criffins, int.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.