lawsy

• “Oh, dat Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear and de tar baby, lawsy, lawsy ...”

  Another Child Star Gone

• “Oh, lawsy, where Wild Hunt lets you linger a few feet above the ground on the waft of violets, Rainforest insists you stick with the leaves and the needles and the ground and remember that this growing thing is vegetal, baby.”

  Archive 2009-05-01

• “Oh lawsy … Wolcott has been surfing this afternoon … and has called out on his blog the whole “exchange” between the lovely but pissant Margaret and the intrepid Jane.”

  Firedoglake » Time Magazine Launches Bukkake Festival

• “As she drove along the winding road to his hunting lodge, she had a premonition that he might be dead, and if so, lawsy-mercy, all of her plans would go up in smoke ... well, unless she talked to his heirs.”

  Shiver

• “Dey wah ve'y few lawyers den too, but lawsy me, yo 'cain't turn round fer dem now.”

  Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1

• “Oh, lawsy-massy-gollyation!" yelped the frightened darkey.”

  On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake

• “Fo 'de lawsy sake!" gasped Rad, and got a full breath again.”

  Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails

• “Why, lawsy me! if he was tongue-tied an 'speechless, an”

  Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails

• “He come here last fall looking mighty poor-like, but, lawsy me, he's as fine now as any man on the avenue.”

  The Adventures of a Boy Reporter

• “Lawsy, lawsy," she gasped, as Polly circled around her, dodging the children.”

  Polly of the Circus

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