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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