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Lawks-a-mussy


JPablo October 27, 2010 05:44 AM

Lawks-a-mussy
 
What is the authoritative definition of this Briticism? :thinking:

Lord have mercy?
Lord almighty?

Perikles October 27, 2010 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 98071)
What is the authoritative definition of this Briticism? :thinking:

Lord have mercy?
Lord almighty?

Lawk or Lawks is a deformation of Lord, and the expression means Lord have mercy :)

JPablo October 27, 2010 07:27 AM

Oh! Thank you!

I guess it's similar to "For Gawd's sake!"


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