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
Go' lumme, I am 'ot!' she said, wiping her face with her apron.
From Liza of Lambeth by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
“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
Lord lumme, that Miss Lackland ain’t never satisfied.
From Adventure by Jack London
“An’ I only ’ave this because I ’appened to make an odd shilling washin’ out, Lord lumme!
From The People of the Abyss by Jack London
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