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Meaning of ochone | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

Expresses woe or sorrow.

Ireland, Scotland

Examples

“What to do with a boy like young Paddy Maloy / Is a problem to puzzle a sage; / I’m thinking, ochone! we must leave him alone, / For it’s too late to change at his age.”
“Ochone, the days that are over!”

CEFR level

C2
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