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Surely--oh, that is nonsense.

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  1. interjection Used to express strong emotion, such as surprise, fear, anger, or pain.
  2. interjection Used in direct address: Oh, sir! You forgot your keys.
  3. interjection Used to indicate understanding or acknowledgment of a statement.

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  • "A mother!_--oh, my aunt, thank you for that word! —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • The little boys used to fish for leeches in this pool--oh, there are M. Richet's rooks In the little wood near the village her father had to get out and pluck a flower for her, which he could not see and which she pointed out to him growing on the edge of the ditch The carriage passed by the little inn, the first houses, the grocer's, the blacksmith's, the large walnut-tree, the church, the watchmaker's, who was also a dealer in curiosities, and the Pigeau farm. —  Renée Mauperin
  • Higher up--oh, these men--how awkward they are, to be sure She put her thin hands through her hair to fluff it up and pulled her lace into its place again There now," she said, "talk to me. —  Renée Mauperin
  • I never saw mountains before and I--oh, there aren't words for it I know," Jonathan nodded, and the little twinkling eyes, even through the hideous goggles, seemed very tender as they rested on her. —  The House of Toys
  • But--oh, my poor blind son! —  The House of Toys
 

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  1. From the number zero's resemblance to the letter O.
 

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