| 单词 | my sainted aunt ! |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmy sainted aunt (also mother)! b. Used trivially as an expletive in my sainted aunt (also mother)! ΚΠ 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad v. 52 ‘Twenty-five cigars, at 100 reis, 2,500 reis!’ Oh, my sainted mother! 1916 M. Diver Desmond's Daughter ii. ii. 50 My sainted aunt! You did ought to have been in the anteroom just now. 1919 F. Hurst Humoresque 114 Your sainted mither!.. It's only because she was sainted I'm lettin' ye up in on her. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Jill the Reckless xx. 370 ‘My sainted aunt!’ he said slowly. 1926 ‘Sapper’ Final Count v. 141 Oh! my sainted aunt! don't tell me that old gorse bush was Carl Peterson. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime xvii. 256 ‘Oh, my aunt! Don't tell me she's changed her mind and wants the stuff after all?’.. ‘Exactly.’ ‘Oh, my sainted bally aunt!’ 1971 R. Roberts Classic Slum viii. 127 Self-consciously we incorporated weird slang into our own oath-sprinkled banter—‘Yarooh!’ ‘My sainted aunt!’ ‘Leggo!’ and a dozen others. < as lemmas |
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