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# {{context|UK|US (dated)|Canada (dated)|lang=en}} {{non-gloss definition|Indicating [[pondering]] or [[consideration]], sometimes with [[sarcasm]] or [[mock]] [[surprise]].}}
# {{lb|en|current in the|_|UK|but|_|dated|_|in the US and Canada}} {{non-gloss definition|Indicating [[pondering]] or [[consideration]], sometimes with [[sarcasm]] or [[mock]] [[surprise]].}}
#: '''''Well, well.''' What have we here?''
#: '''''Well, well.''' What have we here?''
#: (with sarcasm) '''''Well, well.''' Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.''
#: (with sarcasm) '''''Well, well.''' Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.''

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English

Interjection

well, well

  1. (current in the UK, but dated in the US and Canada) Indicating pondering or consideration, sometimes with sarcasm or mock surprise.
    Well, well. What have we here?
    (with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.

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