great heavens
Americaninterjection
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"You, great heavens, you—Maisie——" And so once again the three principals of my little drama were face to face: only the setting had changed.
From Men, Women and Guns by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
Why, great heavens, man, the railways are there behind them.
From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
A deep silence fills the great heavens and broods over the wide earth; all things have become dim and strange; and yet I feel no loneliness in the midst of this star-lit solitude.
From Under the Trees and Elsewhere by Hamilton Wright Mabie
"But, great heavens," said Frank, with a gesture of despair, "you do not suggest that I am the man?"
From The Man Who Knew by Edgar Wallace
What mode of address is that, great heavens!
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Vicente Blasco Ib??ez
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