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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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LACKANEE, int. Also lak-, -en-. An excl. of grief, alas! alack! (Sc. 1818 Sawers).Rnf. 1813 E. Picken Poems II. 134:
But, O, lackanee! had he kent but a styme O' the blirt that was brewin' for him an' his rhime.
Rxb. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems 23:
But lak-an-ee! it happened sae, Their father's hame in life that they Agane should never enter.

[From lack, aphaeretic form of alack! + anee, from Ochanee, q.v.]

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