lorsint.
/lɔːz/ colloquial.
= lord int. Cf. Lor int., law int.
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the mind > emotion > exclamation of emotion [interjection]
goodness1623
agad1672
Godsokers1672
Oh dear!1694
law1763
lud1767
Dear me!1773
Lor1776
dear knows!1805
Great God!1819
Great Scott1852
Jehoshaphat1857
lors1860
Great Sun!1867
Great Caesar!1870
gracious me!1884
my (giddy, sainted, etc.) aunt!1886
snakes1891
lieber Gott1898
my gosh!1920
cor1931
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iv. iii. 170 But, lors! I shouldn't know what to say to 'em.
1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve (1881) xiii. 65 ‘Lors’ exclaimed Joan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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