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English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]- Alternative form of heyday
- 1839, Aristophanes, “The Birds”, in J[ohn] Hookham Frere, transl., The Acharnians and Two Other Plays of Aristophanes, London: J. M. Dent & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., published 1909, page 190:
- Chorus. (to Peisthetairus, in a sort of self-satisfied drawling tone). Heigh-day! Why, what's the matter with ye? Sure! / Ah! well now, I calculate, you're quite astonished; […]