单词 | lawsy mercy |
释义 | > as lemmaslawsy mercy Used for ‘Lord’ in various phrases, esp. lawsy mercy and variants; cf. Lord-a-mercy at lord n. and int. Phrases 2b(a)(ii). ΚΠ 1879 Indianapolis Jrnl. 6 Dec. 3/6 Lawsy mussy! 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Let. 9 June (1917) I. 383 A kind-hearted well-meaning corpse was the Boston young man, but lawsy bless me, horribly dull company. 1935 H. Davis Honey in the Horn xv. 257 She hadn't seen a real funeral with mourners since the lawsy knew when. 1958 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 25 Sept. 11/4 Lawsy mercy, you kill me. 2015 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 6 Aug. (Variety section) e1 Lawsy mercy, how they talk. < as lemmas |
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