Lord love a duck
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English
Etymology
Variant of earlier (18th century) Lord love you, God love us, etc. used as exclamation of exasperation or surprise. The significance of the duck is unknown. Attested from the late 19th century.
Interjection
- An exclamation of surprise.
- 1913, Ian Hay, The Writings of Ian Hay:
- "Lord love a duck!" he observed in a dazed voice — "What's this?"
- 2000, Noreen Wald, Death Never Takes a Holiday:
- Gypsy Rose passed me a tuna on rye. "Lord love a duck, I hope she's not Carita Magenta's ghost.
References
- ^ “love, v.1.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
- ^ Michael Quinion (July 23, 2024) “Lord love a duck”, in World Wide Words.
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “lord love...!”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
