dear Lord in English

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      "expansion": "dear Lord",
      "name": "en-interj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, Mary Andrews Denison, Cracker Joe",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord",
          "text": "We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "expression of surprise",
          "word": "wow"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dear Lord"
}

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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dear Lord",
      "name": "en-interj"
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  "pos": "intj",
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        {
          "ref": "1887, Mary Andrews Denison, Cracker Joe",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord",
          "text": "We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "wow"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dear Lord"
}

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"dear Lord" meaning in English

Interjection