pardi
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of pardi
1200–50; late Middle English pardie, Middle English parde < Old French par De < Latin per Deum by God
Example Sentences
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Not got a bouquet?" said the large man to a lady beside him; "pardi, that's too bad.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
Ah, pardi! as M. le Comte exclaims continually, Ah, pardi!
From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth
I can safely tell you his name, pardi!
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by George Burnham Ives
Tobacco and onions are in his great coarse laugh, which choke me, pardi; and I don't think much better of the other fellow—the Scots' gallipot purveyor—Peregrine Clinker, Humphrey Random—how did the fellow call his rubbish?
From Roundabout Papers by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Climbed in by the window, pardi," retorted the man, "and by the orders of citizen Martin-Roget."
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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