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for a wonder

for a wonder idiom

Surprisingly, strange to say, as in For a wonder he didn't argue with the waiter about the bill. [Late 1700s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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