mercy buckets

Etymology
Jocular malapropism of ; influenced by.

Phrase

 * 1)  Thanks very much.
 * 2) * 1929 "Franklin W. Dixon" (Penguin, ISBN 1101076224) Hardy Boys 7: The Secret of the Caves, Chapter 16, p.89:
 * "Well, anyhow, thanks a lot, Mr. Dumont," he added. "Mercy buckets, as you French say."
 * 1) * 2008 Jonathan Nasaw (Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1847396968) Fear Itself p.187:
 * "Mercy buckets—a pleasure doing business with you, dude."