dear Lord

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Interjection

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dear Lord

  1. Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
    • 1887, Mary Andrews Denison, Cracker Joe:
      Oh, dear Lord, how I do miss your po' sister! I never hed to ask her to git anything; she done it without askin'. She wor too good to live, she wor!
    • 1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord:
      We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.

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