"dear Lord" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "examples": [
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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": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord:",
          "text": "We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.",
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        "Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration."
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          "teariness",
          "teariness"
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          "frustration",
          "frustration"
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        {
          "sense": "expression of surprise",
          "word": "wow"
        }
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  "word": "dear Lord"
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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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord:",
          "text": "We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.",
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        "Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration."
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          "teariness",
          "teariness"
        ],
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          "frustration",
          "frustration"
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      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "wow"
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  "word": "dear Lord"
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