ochone
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of ochone
First recorded in 1400–50; from Scots Gaelic ochan, Irish ochón; cf. och
Example Sentences
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I was last year in arms and in dress, but this year I am asking alms—Och ochone!'
From Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady
It is there I saw the camp of the Gael, the poor troop thinned, not keeping with one another—Och ochone!
From The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady
When the girl began her tune again Hope sang with her, repeating "Ochone, ochone" down four notes from the octave of the keynote through the mediate to the keynote again.
From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.
I was last year in arms and in dress, but this year I am asking alms—Och ochone!
From The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady
The blessing of the bright sun and the moon upon you, since you took the day from the hands of King William—Och ochone!
From The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady
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