help ma boab in Scots

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{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a minced oath.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "help ma boab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing frustration, amazement, etc.; ≈ crikey, goodness gracious me"
      ],
      "id": "en-help_ma_boab-sco-phrase-wQVrJH-g",
      "links": [
        [
          "crikey",
          "crikey"
        ],
        [
          "goodness gracious me",
          "goodness gracious me"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "help ma boab"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a minced oath.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "help ma boab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots multiword terms",
        "Scots phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expressing frustration, amazement, etc.; ≈ crikey, goodness gracious me"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crikey",
          "crikey"
        ],
        [
          "goodness gracious me",
          "goodness gracious me"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "help ma boab"
}

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"help ma boab" meaning in Scots

Phrase