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lud

British  
/ lʌd /

noun

  1. lord (in the phrase my lud, m'lud ): used when addressing a judge in court

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

interjection

  1. archaic an exclamation of dismay or surprise

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Brocade and periwigs, exclamations of " Oddsfish! " and "me lud" and "la!"

From Time Magazine Archive

This is it, my lud, his ludship said: ‘In an action for stopping of his ancient lights —.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

Modd trist im gwnaeth Crist croesdog neirthiad llwyr, Wanwyr oi synwyr drwy lud senniad.

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

RUSS.—Why, my lud, on that p’int I admit there was a slight row.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 by Various

“O, my lud, with all submission, with the greatest possible deference and respect to the learned Judge, I p. 357assure your ludship that it was so, for I have a note of it.”

From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard

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