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单词 say-away
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say-awayn.

Brit. /ˈseɪəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈseɪəˌweɪ/, Scottish English /ˈseəwe/
Forms: see say v.1 and away adv.; also 1800s seawa.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: say v.1, away adv.
Etymology: < say v.1 + away adv., after to say away at say v.1 and int. Phrasal verbs.
Scottish (chiefly north-eastern).
A speech, a discourse, esp. one that is long and rambling.
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1813 D. Anderson Poems, Eng. & Scotch 85 Twould be owre lang a seawa, To tell a' said and done.
1879 D. Gilmour Reminisc. Pen Folk (ed. 2) v. 45 She placed the sugar mug in her lap, spreading her long, thin fingers over it during her lengthened ‘Say awa’.
1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xvi. 255 ‘Sic a say-awa',’ I says, ‘aboot naething.’
1958 Mearns Leader 11 Apr. It's my job tae keep my lugs wirkin', an' I hae heard mony queer say-awas.
2011 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 5 Nov. 14 I reca'd in ma say-awa at the denner foo he tellt's o es funcy new cushion he hid gotten for's wheelcheer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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