The-dear-knows Definition

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(Ireland, dated) God knows; nobody knows.
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(Ireland, dated) God knows; of course, certainly, nobody could doubt.
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Origin of The-dear-knows

  • Unclear. Bliss and Dolan suggest a conflation of dear, as in "oh dear" or "the Dear Lord", and deer, by analogy with the conflation in Irish of Fiadha "God" and fiadh "deer".

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