lumme
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of lumme
C19: alteration of Lord love me
Example Sentences
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“Lord lumme, it should a-ben the mate, sir,” was his reply.
From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London
“Lord lumme, but it’ll be the last I see of you if yer don’t py me,” he retorted.
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
"Lor' lumme," said Billy Peasemarsh, "if there ain't another on 'em!"
From Five Children and It by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
Oh, lumme, it was orful, I can tell yer!
From Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by Various
Gawd lumme," says Wellsie, "'ave we got to fight th' 'ole blinkin' war.
From A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes
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