2. Adverb. (archaic) truly ¹
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Definition of Pardie
1. pardi [interj] - See also: pardi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pardie
Literary usage of Pardie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... sin as yet, pardie ? Why will thine harde father have thee spilt ? * 0 mercy,
deare Constable ! ' quod she, 1 As let my little child dwell here with ..."
2. Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell, William Shirley, Edward Young, David Mallet (1777)
"pardie voyez——- L'argent, l'argent ! ... Oh, pardie, e'eft bon ! Mar. ... pardie,
for what ? ..."
3. The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes by Walter Scott (1811)
"Pardonnez moi, pardie. [Lays down the gun, and uses Ait sword. Wild. ... pardie,
monsieur, me did make de cuckle of you, and your vife send me de picture ..."
4. A Sheaf of Poems edited by Mrs. Lillian Bayard Taylor Killiani (1911)
"... in joyous livery Drops of silver, as jewelry: Each garbs himself anew with pride.
The weather casts his cloak aside, Of wind and ice and rain, pardie! ..."
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