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Definition of Lawks
1. expressing surprise [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawks
Literary usage of Lawks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
"True, I have not hail turnips like Mr. lawks to ... The same fact was brought
out in Mr. lawks' experiments, as we stated in the June number of the Farmer. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"lawks !" screamed the wife, " I'm iu a whirl ! ... lawks! he is mad ! what made
him thus? Good Lord! what will become of us? Run for a doctor—run—run—run— ..."
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