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I never did
- (idiomatic, dated) An exclamation of great surprise.
- 185?, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- ‘Why, good gracious, Amy, what ever brought you here?’
‘I wanted to see you, Fanny dear; and as I am going out all day to-morrow, and knew you might be engaged all day to-day, I thought—’
‘But the idea, Amy, of you coming behind! I never did!’
1939, Scribner's Magazine:"Well, I never did!" she exclaimed in a scandalized whisper. "Trying to set fire to the 'ouse — oh, fie".
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