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gorry - What does it mean?

Definition of 'gorry'

English

Interjection

(en-interj)
  • (archaic|euphemistic) God!
  • *{{quote-book|year=1903|author=(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin|title=The Village Watch-Tower|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=She hedn't any particular kind of a nose nor mouth nor eyes, but gorry ! when she looked at yer, yer felt kind as if yer was turnin' to putty inside." }}
  • *{{quote-book|year=1912|author=Gouverneur Morris|title=IT and Other Stories|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage="By gorry !" says I; "you're right. }}
  • *{{quote-book|year=1920|author=Franklin P. Adams|title=Something Else Again|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=No mollycoddle swain am I. I shall not sit and pine, by gorry ! }}

    Similar to 'gorry'

    grey, gray, gory, gharry, gurry, gery