lud
Britishnoun
interjection
Example Sentences
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Brocade and periwigs, exclamations of " Oddsfish! " and "me lud" and "la!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"O, lud, Dick! you are safe—how many are killed?"
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
Mr. Ricochet said, “The usual grounds, my lud; that is to say, that the verdict was against the weight of evidence.”
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
"She's the skipper's only daughter—this 'ere craft, the 'Angelina Dobbs,' is named after her—and he'll foot the bill like a lud."
From The Baronet's Bride by Fleming, May Agnes
"You've got same all mixed up wi' fashionable school-play, Master Pancr—Tom, my lud, which though pretty ain't by no means the real thing."
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery
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