heartlings

English

Interjection

heartlings

(obsolete) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  My will! ’od’s heartlings, that’s a pretty jest indeed!

References

“heartlings”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Earthlings, earthlings, latherings, slathering

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