yerra

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interjection

An exclamation of disbelief, dismissal or asseveration.

OriginIrish dhera →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. IrelandAn exclamation of disbelief, dismissal or asseveration.

    —Yerra, sure I wouldn’t put any ideas into his head. I’m old enough to be his grandfather.

    1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
    1 more example

    ‘Yerra, 'tis nothing,’ said I, jovial and Irish, but making every move to work on a bit more.

    1958, Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy

Origin

  1. Irishdhera
  2. Englishyerra

From Irish dhera.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

yerra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yerra

MLA

“yerra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yerra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yerra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yerra.

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