wellaway
interjection
(used to express sorrow.)
welladay
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a variation of
wellaway.
Example Sentences
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From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
And, thus she grew to think of him as gay And joyous all the while, And SHE was sorrowing—"Ah, welladay!"
From Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1 by James Whitcomb Riley
"Ah, welladay, do what we can for him," said Trim, maintaining his point, "the poor soul will die."
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by O. E. (Osgood Eaton) Fuller
O welladay on the poor boors grey, When Stig the Marshal’s bed was stain’d; For us I ween it had better been If Glepping had unborn remain’d.
From Marsk Stig a ballad by George Henry Borrow
Friends," he said, "now I know why you go so sadly, welladay!
From A King's Comrade A Story of Old Hereford by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
