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单词 well, i'll be
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well, I'll be
b. In shortened form well, I'll be.Often representing the speech of children, and probably reflecting avoidance of damned or other words regarded as impolite or obscene; cf. quot. 1887.
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1887 C. Miesse Points on Coal iv. ii. 420 Another man..exclaiming in loud laughter, ‘Well, I'll be ——, I'll be ——, well, I'll be ——, etc.’]
1903 Pedagogical Seminary Sept. 378/1 The following is a list of slang expressions... Girls... Well, I'll be.
1937 Boys' Life June 26/3 Pat grinned. ‘Well, I'll be!’ he exclaimed, delightedly.
1994 P. Baker Blood Posse xxx. 344 ‘It was me and Dave Green who saved your cousin in the hospital when the gangs tried to shoot him.’ ‘Well I'll be. Whatever happened to the footballer?’
2001 C. M. Schultz in Washington Post 1 Oct. (Home ed.) c10/1 (cartoon caption) I was right? Well, I'll be!
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