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stars o' mine

stars o' mine is the alternative form of oh my stars.

Meaning of oh my stars

Interjection

  1. An expression of surprise or astonishment.
    • "O Lord!" says Mr. Smallweed, panting. "Oh, dear me! Oh, my stars! My dear friend, your workman is very strong—and very prompt. O Lord, he is very prompt! Judy, draw me back a little. I'm being scorched in the legs," which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted...1883, Charles Dickens, chapter XXVI, in Bleak House
    Synonyms:
    wow

Questions about stars o' mine

What is stars o' mine the alternative form of?
Stars o' mine is the alternative form of oh my stars.

Words near stars o' mine in the dictionary

  1. stars and bars
  2. Stars and Stripes
  3. stars are aligned
  4. stars in one's eyes
  5. stars it
  6. stars o' mine
  7. Stars of David
  8. Stars of Life
  9. stars of Vergina
  10. stars the glaze
  11. stars up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stars o' mine (page history and authors); oh my stars (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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