cor

interjectionnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//kɔː//
Canada//kɔɹ//

Expression of surprise.

interjection

1
Expression of surprise.
[…] She perused it with an interested eye and having mastered its contents said, “Cor chase my Aunt Fanny up a gum tree,” adding that you never knew what was going to happen next these days.

Etymology

A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.

noun

1
historicalAny of various former units of volume A Hebrew unit of liquid volume, about equal to 230 L or 60 gallons.
2
historicalAny of various former units of volume Synonym of homer: approximately the same volume as a dry measure.
3
historicalAny of various former units of volume A roughly equivalent Phoenician unit of volume.

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr).

Forms

plural: cors

copycat · One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.copying · an instance of the making of a copy copyright · The right by law to be the entity which determines who may…

cor · Expression of surprise.

CoR · College of Radiographers, a charitable subsidiary of the…COR · Contracting Officer's Technical Representative, or…Cora · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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