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单词 yerra
释义

yerraint.

Brit. /ˈjɛrə/, U.S. /ˈjɛrə/, Irish English /ˈjɛrə/
Forms: Also yerrah.
Etymology: < Irish.
Anglo-Irish.
An asseverative oath or exclamation.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene
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by jing!1786
I snore1790
declare1811
by the hokey1825
shiver my timbers1834
by the (great) horn spoon1842
upon my Sam1879
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yerra1892
for the love of Mike1896
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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. 218Yerra, '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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