单词 | yerra |
释义 | yerraint. Anglo-Irish. An asseverative oath or exclamation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene loOE spi?c1225 how mischance——?c1330 with mischance!c1330 by my hoodc1374 by my sheath1532 by the mouse-foot1550 what the (also a) goodyear1570 bread and salt1575 by Jove1575 in (good) truly1576 by these hilts1598 by the Lord Harry1693 by the pody cody1693 by jingo!1694 splutter1707 by jing!1786 I snore1790 declare1811 by the hokey1825 shiver my timbers1834 by the (great) horn spoon1842 upon my Sam1879 for goodness' sake1885 yerra1892 for the love of Mike1896 by the hokey fiddle1922 knickers1971 1892 E. Lawless Grania II. iii. 32 Yerra! give him his bit and his sup and his bed,..and 'tis all he wants. 1898 M. MacDonagh Irish Life ix. 156 ‘What's the matter with the old gentleman?’ he was asked. ‘What's the matter with him! Yerrah, look at the walk of him... Begor, he only touches the ground in an odd place.’ 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 155 Yerra, sure the little hop-o'-my-thumb has forgotten all about it. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 95 Yerra, why would he heed that old gasometer. 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 218 ‘Yerra, 'tis nothing,’ said I, jovial and Irish, but making every move to work on a bit more. 1965 N. Munster Antiquarian Jrnl. 9 iv. 186 Yerra there's no good in talking to you. 1977 J. Hodgins Invention of World iii. 83 This is no ordinary boy... Yerra, this is a boy apart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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