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alackaday
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alackaday, interj. [For alack the day. Cf. Lackaday.].
An exclamation expressing sorrow. [1913 Webster]
" Shakespeare has “alack the day” and “alack the heavy day.” Compare “woe worth the day.”" [1913 Webster]
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