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Definition of Alackaday
1. interj. An exclamation expressing sorrow.
Definition of Alackaday
1. interj [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alackaday
Literary usage of Alackaday
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek Folk-songs from the Ottoman Provinces of Northern Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1888)
"Alack, alack, alackaday ! Little pipe of mine, Little pail of mine, Ohone! ...
Alack, alack, alackaday, Little flocks of mine, Little wether mine, Ohone! ..."
2. Greek Folk-songs from the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Hē Doulē Hellas by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John S. Stuart-Glennie (1885)
"Alack, alack, alackaday! Little pipe of mine, Little pail of mine, Ohone! ...
Alack, alack, alackaday, Little flocks of mine, Little wether mine, Ohone! ..."