land sakes
land sakes interjection: an expression of surprise or dismay.
Interjection
land sakes
- An expression of surprise or dismay.
- "Land sakes! I don't keep a boardin' house!"1886, Horatio Alger, chapter 28, in Helping Himself
- Well, as soon as Alice finished singing, land sakes! goodness, gracious me! if a big fox didn't pop out from behind a tree.1912, Victor Appleton, chapter 31, in Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble
- Synonyms:
- my lands, sakes, sakes alive
Examples of land sakes in a sentence
- There were twangy cries of “land sakes” and “don't that beat all” and choruses of “hi, y'all.”1983 June 19, Philip Shenon, “For Homesick Mississippians, a Day Full of Grits and Grins”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Nov 2015:
- Well, land sakes—haven't seen you in a coon's age.”2015, Lori Copeland, My Heart Stood Still, →ISBN, page 41:
Synonyms of land sakes
Forms of land sakes
| alternative form | for land's sake |
|---|---|
| alternative form | for land's sake alive |
| alternative form | for land's sakes |
| alternative form | for land's sakes alive |
| alternative form | for the land's sake |
| alternative form | for the land's sake alive |
| alternative form | for the land's sakes |
| alternative form | for the land's sakes alive |
| alternative form | land sake |
| alternative form | land sake alive |
| alternative form | land sakes alive |
| alternative form | land's sake |
| alternative form | land's sake alive |
| alternative form | land's sakes |
| alternative form | land's sakes alive |
Origin of land sakes
(minced oath) Lord’s sakes
Questions about land sakes
- What does land sakes mean?
- Land sakes means an expression of surprise or dismay.
- How do you use land sakes in a sentence?
- There were twangy cries of “land sakes” and “don't that beat all” and choruses of “hi, y'all.”
- What part of speech is land sakes?
- Land sakes is an interjection.
Words near land sakes in the dictionary
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