ochone
Americaninterjection
interjection
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of ochone
First recorded in 1400–50; from Scots Gaelic ochan, Irish ochón; och
Example Sentences
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Now you, in your turn, listen to the truth, which is bad enough--ochone!
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Ochone! sad's the day, I know it,' he murmured in the voice of tribulation.
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It's like a masquerade in the good old times; yet my heart is dreadful sore--ochone!'
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"Och, ochone, mise 'n diugh; 'tis a dark hour this."
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"Ochone arie! ochone! ochone!" cried Tate, wringing his hands with the gestures of violent grief, as he moved up and down before the windows.
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