lackaday
(used as an expression of regret, sorrow, dismay, or disapproval.)
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How to use lackaday in a sentence
Whereupon lackaday Père went out and hanged himself from a cross-beam in an empty stable.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeDuring the talk which followed the discovery of our former meeting, I reported to Colonel lackaday these encomiums of years ago.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeBut from the spoken or written word of Andrew lackaday I have not been able to glean a grain of knowledge.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeBut the next day she set herself to satisfy her entirely unreprehensible curiosity concerning Colonel lackaday.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeTowards lunch time lackaday and I, chance companions, strolled towards the house.
The Mountebank | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for lackaday
/ (ˈlækəˌdeɪ) /
archaic another word for alas
Origin of lackaday
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