"welladay" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} welladay
  1. variant form of wellaway; alas. Tags: form-of, variant Form of: wellaway (extra: alas)
    Sense id: en-welladay-en-intj-ktdreIAC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28

Noun

Forms: welladays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} welladay (plural welladays)
  1. A cry of "welladay".
    Sense id: en-welladay-en-noun-htfbOALp

Inflected forms

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