wellaway
interjection
(used to express sorrow.)
welladay
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a variation of
wellaway.
Example Sentences
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P: And morning found those who had coveted his place but yesterday crying: Ah, welladay!
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Good lord! hath never woe enough Of welladay?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
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
What expression would you be likely to use, instead of "welladay"?
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
