SINCE 1828
alackaday
interjection
alack·a·day
| \ ə-ˈla-kə-ˌdā\
variants:
or less commonly alack the day
Definition of alackaday
archaic
—used to express sorrow or deprecation
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From "expression of woe" to "why bother?"
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