unberufenint.
/ʊnbəˈruːfən/ ‘Touch wood!’ (touch v. Phrases 2f(b)).
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1858 Queen Victoria Let. 10 Apr. in Dearest Child (1964) 88 Poor Leopold..bruises as much as ever but unberufen 1000 times—is free from any at present.
1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xv. 225 ‘I will choose..whatever moment within my brief span of life shall seem aptest to me. Unberufen,’ he added, lightly tapping Mr. Druce's counter.
1960 N. Mitford Don't tell Alfred xvi. 180 ‘My point is that going to Eton will have minimized the danger of such extreme phases in the case of Charlie and Fabrice.’ ‘Unberufen,’ said Alfred.
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