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 Lever, Charles James
Indeed, if anything, I am too modest, pardi!
From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael
"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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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 Thackeray, William Makepeace
I can safely tell you his name, pardi!
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham
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