Dear.
Oh, dear me! Regarded, but without evidence, as a corruption of the Italian O Dio mio!
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
Oh, dear me! Regarded, but without evidence, as a corruption of the Italian O Dio mio!
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.