lawks

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lawks

(lɔːks) or

lawk

interj

Brit an expression of surprise or dismay

[C18: variant of Lord!, probably influenced in form by alack]

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Hetty could not be got to give any heed to these things, so Molly was called on for her ready sympathy, and peeped with open mouth wherever she was told, and said "Lawks!" whenever she was expected to wonder.

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'If Barbie was real, they would be her children.' Oh lawks, if my two-year-old daughter's life goal was to emulate a doll (or a Kardashian), I'd be having a word with myself.

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