ach-y-fi
English
Etymology
Interjection
- Alternative spelling of ych a fi
- 1906, Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe, “The 'Liliwen'”, in Queen of the Rushes, page 84:
- Ach-y-fi! there's something mean in that marrying again, to my mind. Whatever my faults are, I'd be faithful to the memory of my love.
- 1950, Christianna Brand, Cat & Mouse, page 17:
- That's what my nurse used to say to me when I was a dirty little girl: 'Ach-y-fi'.
Anagrams
Welsh
Interjection
ach-y-fi
- Alternative spelling of ych a fi
- 1920, J. Lloyd Jones, Yr Hen Deiliwr [The Old Tailor], act 2, page 24:
- Odi hyna yn wir, Dafì? Falle’u bod nhw yn trin y tê yr un peth a’r moch. ’Drychwch ar Mistress, mae hi wedi dwlu’n deg ar y tê ’ma o China. Ach y fi! weda i tabeth.
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