murther
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Etymology
Origin of murther
before 900; Middle English morther, Old English morthor; cognate with Gothic maurthr. See mortal
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"Och, thin, millia murther, weirasthru, how'll I iver get there at all at all?" roared out poor Barny.
From Stories of Comedy by Rossiter Johnson
Och, murther in Irish now, and it's the blissed thruth, Misthress Judy, that I was tellin ye.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by William L. (William Leete) Stone
"Oh, murther, murther!" cried the old fellow, wringing his hands; "and ain't we in the States?"
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
And he learns by degrees that only one in ten says "bedad," and that "och murther?" is an expression almost extinct.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
But bicause all other authors agree that the murther of Danes was executed about ten yeeres before this supposed time: we haue made rehearsall thereof in that place.
From Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (7 of 8) The Seventh Boke of the Historie of England by Raphael Holinshed
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