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land's sakes

land's sakes is the alternative form of land sakes.

Meaning of land sakes

Interjection

land sakes

  1. (US, somewhat dated and rustic) An expression of surprise or dismay.
    • "Land sakes! I don't keep a boardin' house!"1886, Horatio Alger, chapter 28, in Helping Himself

Questions about land's sakes

What is land's sakes the alternative form of?
Land's sakes is the alternative form of land sakes.

Words near land's sakes in the dictionary

  1. land yachting
  2. land yachts
  3. Land's End
  4. land's sake
  5. land's sake alive
  6. land's sakes
  7. land's sakes alive
  8. land-bank
  9. land-banks
  10. land-beaver
  11. land-beavers

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