lorks
(UK, euphemistic, dated) oh dear, oh my God.
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(UK, euphemistic, dated) oh dear, oh my God.
[...] immediately upon his entrance, they straightway rose, to a woman, and each, with alarm in her countenance, ejaculated, " Oh lorks!"
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- lawks75%
(UK, dialectal) Lord! (especially as an expression of surprise).
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(UK) A minced oath for "Lord have mercy".
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(idiomatic, US, UK, euphemistic) oh my God!.
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Lawks a-mercy is a delightfully old-school British exclamation of shock or surprise — a minced oath that softens 'Lord have mercy' into something you could say in polite company. It belongs to a golden era of Victorian and Edwardian interjections that sound almost comically theatrical today. Still used ironically or affectionately to poke fun at old-fashioned fussiness.
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(US, minced oath) ; wow, gosh.