"ah me" meaning in English

See ah me in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

  1. An expression of lamentation; alas.
    Sense id: en-ah_me-en-intj-7lqoG5AN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House",
          "text": "Ah me, ah me! No other ghost has haunted the boy’s room, my friends, since I have occupied it, than the ghost of my own childhood, the ghost of my own innocence, the ghost of my own airy belief.",
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