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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My boy is taken from me and turned agen me; and who is to take care of me in my old age after all I've done for him, ochone! ochone!
From O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet by Shaw, Bernard
It is there I saw the camp of the Gael, the poor troop thinned, not keeping with one another—Och ochone!
From Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish by Gregory, Lady
"These were the days and these were the nights, ochone and ochone, for the like o' them we'll be seeing nevermore."
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
These were the happiest hours of all, ochone; the sun shone more brightly and the days were longer.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
She sat on th' wall wid her head in her han's keenin' an' moanin': 'Ochone, ochone!'
From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander
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