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lor

British  
/ lɔː /

interjection

  1. not_standard an exclamation of surprise or dismay

"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

Etymology

Origin of lor

from Lord (interj)


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Director John Pasquin keeps the play moving, even through those last toyings with fate and shotgun marriages whereby the playwright pastes a sickly grin on this mask of tragedy and squa lor.

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"Pali," as the kids call it, is a new, $7,000,000, red brick campus lor 2,100 upper-middle-class students.

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Jennie, with lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz, is based on the career of Actress Laurette Tay lor.

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The only figure based on an actual count is the one showing how many have applied lor unemployment compensation.

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"But it is hard, lady, and dark. Some would say that death is cleaner. I learned the way in Asshai, and paid dear lor the lesson. My teacher was a bloodmage from the Shadow Lands."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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