Meaning of marry come up | Babel Free

Definitions

An expression of contempt.

archaic

Examples

“O Gods Lady deare, / Are you ſo hot? marrie come⟳ vp I trow, / Is this the Poultis for my aking bones?”

“I thought th' hadst scorn'd to budge a step / For fear. (Quoth Eccho) Marry⟳ guep.”

“"Marry-come-up," cries Slipſlop, "People's Ears are ſometimes the niceſt Part about them."”

“Marry⟳ gep, if it had not been for me, thou hadſt been yet but a hearing Counſel at the Bar.”

“Marry⟳, come⟳ up, indeed; tie it yourſelf, you have⟳ as many Hands as I; your Man's Man will have⟳ a fine Office truly: Come⟳, pray, ſtand out of my ſpitting Place⟳.”

“Marry⟳ come⟳ up with ſuch gentlemen! though he hath lived here theſe many Years, I don't believe⟳ there is arrow servant in the house ever ſaw the Colour of his Money.”

“Marry⟳ quep of your advice, for an old Scotch tinsmith, as you are!”

“Marry⟳, quep! if you call⟳ this wasting time. Sir Egerton, we wonder⟳ what is employing it.”

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