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from The Century Dictionary.
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O hone , under O.
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Examples
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"ochone," that had sadness and grief and misery in it; and I knew that it was the cry from one of the seamen who had been turned from the mines -- from one who mourned, perchance, the death of a friend or of a brother.
The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea Max Pemberton 1906
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Ochone, ochone, our glory's o'er, stol'n by a mean deceiver (ruthless reiver),
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"These were the days and these were the nights, ochone and ochone, for the like o 'them we'll be seeing nevermore."
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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These were the happiest hours of all, ochone; the sun shone more brightly and the days were longer.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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"Ochone, ochone, he's gone, the strong one, and I mind me when his back was like a barn door and the love-locks curling on his brow," and she came into the chamber wringing pitiful, toil-worn hands, and the servants after her, ashiver to be left alone in the dim passage.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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But, ochone! if he'd had such a hound-pack as mine,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 15, 1891 Various
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The trees would be dreary and sad -- the sea always grey and gurly and ochone, the very roads had the look of bareness and emptiness, as though all a man's friends had marched over them, never to return.
The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars
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Oh, to be back in the fine days of my youth, ochone!
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Oh, to be back in the fine days of my youth, ochone!
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The blessing of the bright sun and the moon upon you, since you took the day from the hands of King William – Och ochone!
The Kiltartan Poetry Book: Prose Translations from the Irish 1919
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