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lackaday
[ lak-uh-dey ]
interjection
- (used as an expression of regret, sorrow, dismay, or disapproval.)
lackaday
/ ˈ±ôæ°ìəˌ»å±ðɪ /
interjection
- archaic.another word for alas
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lackaday1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lackaday1
Example Sentences
Lackaday, Master, but your exterior is not very prepossessing.
Let only one catch my fancy--lackaday! either some one takes her, or she is in love with somebody else.
Lackaday, wench! what have I done to redden thy brow?" interrupted Mr. Warden, with a face of perplexed good humour, unable longer to bear the storm of rebuke, or to parry the arguments which were so eagerly thrust at him; "I warrant now I have made mischief without knowing how!
"Ah!" says the other, "woe and lackaday!"
His kindness and courtesy have a favorable impression upon the social life of which he is the leader; but the weak chin and irresolute mouth tell a different tale when fighting his country's battles, and, lackaday, this has been proved over and over again already.
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