"dear me" meaning in English

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  "pos": "intj",
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          "ref": "1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:",
          "text": "\"Dear me, Mr. Holmes. Dear me!\" said this singular epistle. There was neither superscription nor signature. I laughed at the quaint message; but Holmes showed unwonted seriousness.",
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          "ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room:",
          "text": "\"Dear me,\" said Mrs. Flanders, when she read in the Scarborough and Harrogate Courier that the Rev. Andrew Floyd, etc., etc., had been made Principal of Maresfield House, \"that must be our Mr. Floyd.\"",
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        "An expression of surprise, dismay, or indulgent disapproval."
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          "indulgent",
          "indulgent"
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          "disapproval",
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        {
          "sense": "expression of surprise",
          "word": "wow"
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        {
          "sense": "expression of dismay",
          "word": "dammit"
        },
        {
          "sense": "expression of disapproval",
          "word": "tut tut"
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      "ipa": "/ˌdɪəˈmiː/",
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  "word": "dear me"
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          "ref": "1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room:",
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        "An expression of surprise, dismay, or indulgent disapproval."
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          "disapproval",
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      "sense": "expression of surprise",
      "word": "wow"
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      "sense": "expression of dismay",
      "word": "dammit"
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      "sense": "expression of disapproval",
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  "word": "dear me"
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