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Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.) examples
(obsolete) Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread... quotations
By gogs bloud my maiſters, we will not put vp this ſo quietly, […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I
plural Gogs
(UK, slang) Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.