Alackaday

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alackaday \A*lack"a*day`\, interj. [For alack the day. Cf.
     Lackaday.]
     An exclamation expressing sorrow.
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     Note: Shakespeare has "alack the day" and "alack the heavy


           day." Compare "woe worth the day."
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