Meanings
interjection
- alternativeAlternative spelling of begorra.
"Sure you know I didn't see the misthress since she cum down afore." Mickey now caught Mrs. L.'s eye, and she asked him how he did. "By Gorra, bravely, ma'am, thank you," said he, giving himself a wriggle, while his two hands and the small of his back rested on the edge of the dresser.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 379
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