lummeint.
/ˈlʌmi/, U.S. /ˈləmi/ = Lord lumme at lord n. and int. Phrases 2g.
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depardieuc1290
by God's namec1330
by God's roodc1330
by God's eyes1340
God's soul1345
for God's sakec1386
cock's soulc1405
God's armsc1405
by God's dooma1425
(by) (God's) nailsa1500
by God's fast?1515
God's lord?1520
God's sacramenta1529
God's dominusc1530
by God's crown1535
God's bread1535
God's gown1535
God's guts1543
of God's word?1550
God's hat1569
Gods me1570
marry (a) Godc1574
God's malt1575
God's ludd?1577
God's sacring?1577
God's sokinges?1577
trunnion?1577
(by) God's will1579
God's teeth1580
'Shearta1596
God's light1598
by God's me1599
'Snails1599
'Slight1600
God's diggers1602
'Swill1602
od's mea1616
od's my lifea1616
'Sprecious1631
'Sbores1640
odso1660
for sake('s) sake1665
Gad's precious1677
heartlikins1677
od1681
'Sdiggers1687
(Lord) love you (also your heart)1707
God's fury1748
heartikins1751
S'fire1791
nom de Dieu1848
'strewth1892
Lord lumme1895
lumme1898
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 146 Wot! Pay for me death? Oh, lummy! not me.
1921 H. Williamson Beautiful Years xviii. 205 He's an awful liar, you know, but can't he half climb a tree! Lumme, much better'n I can!
1934 P. Allingham Cheapjack xxii. 297 You've forgotten all about sister Alice! Lumme, you must get 'er something.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 370 ‘Lor' lumme!’ I says, ‘there's old Winderpane gawn.’
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 33 Two years ago..they set London on fire... Lumme, that was a night.
1963 Times 4 Mar. 5/2 A pitch which has evoked from Trueman the classic comment: ‘Lumme! A green dusty.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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