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Examples
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“Lawk! what brings you here?” cried Milly, nearly as much startled as I at the intrusion.
Uncle Silas 2003
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“Lawk, Miss!” remonstrated honest Quince, with a protracted intonation of wonder and incredulity, which plainly implied a suspicion that I was dreaming.
Uncle Silas 2003
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"Lawk! no, sir, Lord forbid!" said Solomon, now thoroughly wakened.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Various
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Lawk, sich a shirt! thinks I, it's well my master wasn't in it;
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829 Various
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Lawk, sir! what misfortunes can have befallen you, that you are obleeged to turn author?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Various
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Cornelia would say, 'Lawk-a-daisy me, it _can't_ be Theodosia Baxter!'
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings Annie Hamilton Donnell
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In the train the next day, steadily speeding west, he said to Doctor Carey: "I feel as the old woman of Mother Goose who said, ` Lawk-a-mercy on us, can this be really I? '"
The Harvester 1911
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"Lawk, it's Sally Madeira!" cried Miss Blair impulsively, and then looked immediately convicted, for Miss Shelley had got only as far as
Sally of Missouri 1905
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Nurse's aunt, Mrs. Spinker, when she said "Lawk-a-daisy!"
Life and Death of Harriett Frean May Sinclair 1904
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"Lawk-a-mussy me!" screamed the horrified Mrs. Banks.
A Master Of Craft 1903
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