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lackaday

American

[lak-uh-dey] / ˈlæk əˌdeɪ /

interjection

Archaic.

(used as an expression of regret, sorrow, dismay, or disapproval.)

lackaday British

/ ˈlækəˌdeɪ /

interjection

archaic another word for alas

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Etymology

Origin of lackaday

First recorded in 1685–95; alteration of alack the day

Example Sentences

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My father, however, is a proud man, a gallant knight and tried soldier of the oldest blood, to whom this man's churlish birth and low descent——Oh, lackaday!

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

I have been living on in a thirtover, lackaday way, and have not seen what it may lead to!

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

Bobby barn Bossy lackaday who'll shoo drive moo mammy's 108.

From The Young and Field Literary Readers, Book 2 by Field, Walter Taylor

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