lawks
/ (lɔːks) /
interjection
British an expression of surprise or dismay
Origin of lawks
1C18: variant of Lord!, probably influenced in form by alack
Words Nearby lawks
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How to use lawks in a sentence
Charles, who had run up to the nursery during dinner to say so, remarked with a prefatory "lawks" that wonders would never cease.
Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) | Mary CholmondeleyIn return to which Miss Corke could find nothing better to say than 'lawks!'
An American Girl in London | Sara Jeannette DuncanThe mother died a few days afterwards; the child is our Harry; and I came to ask you—but, good lawks!
Captain Bayley's Heir: | G. A. Henty
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