marry come up
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English
Alternative forms
- (minced forms) marry guep, marry gep, marry quep
Interjection
- (archaic) An expression of contempt.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 63, column 2:
- O Gods Lady deare, / Are you ſo hot? marrie come vp I trow, / Is this the Poultis for my aking bones?
- 1662, [Samuel Butler], “”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. , London: John Martyn and Henry Herringman, , published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, canto III, page 64:
- I thought th' hadst scorn'd to budge a step / For fear. (Quoth Eccho) Marry guep.
- 1742, Henry Fielding, “What Passed between the Lady and Mrs. Slipslop, ”, in The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. , volume I, London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book I, page 47:
- "Marry-come-up," cries Slipſlop, "People's Ears are ſometimes the niceſt Part about them."
- 1676 December 11 (first performance), [William] Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer. A Comedy. , London: T N for James Magnes and Rich Bentley , published 1677, →OCLC, Act III, page 42:
- Marry gep, if it had not been for me, thou hadſt been yet but a hearing Counſel at the Bar.
- 1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “Dialogue I”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, , London: B Motte , published 1738, →OCLC, page 39:
- Marry, come up, indeed; tie it yourſelf, you have as many Hands as I; your Man's Man will have a fine Office truly: Come, pray, ſtand out of my ſpitting Place.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book V, page 180:
- Marry come up with ſuch gentlemen! though he hath lived here theſe many Years, I don't believe there is arrow servant in the house ever ſaw the Colour of his Money.
- 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Fortunes of Nigel. , volume I, Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 109:
- Marry quep of your advice, for an old Scotch tinsmith, as you are!
- 1835 March, “The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, ”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, London: William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son, →OCLC, page 233, column 1:
- Marry, quep! if you call this wasting time. Sir Egerton, we wonder what is employing it.
References
- Jonathon Green (2024) “marry come up excl.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- “marry come up, int.”, in OED Online
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