upon my word

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upon my word

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  1. dated Believe my words; I swear. Salvatore had enormous hands, like legs of mutton, coarse and hard from constant toil, but when he bathed his children, holding them so tenderly, drying them with delicate care; upon my word they were like flowers.
  2. dated Expressing surprise. 'Well, upon my word,' exclaimed the father, taking the pipe from his mouth, and staring aghast at his daughter in a stupor of indignant surprise, 'you're a pretty article; you're a nice piece of goods for a man to bring up and waste his substance upon […]

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intj believe my words

Русскийче́стное сло́во čéstnoje slóvo, ей-бо́гу jej-bógu

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@misc{upon_my_word_2026,
  title = {upon my word},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/upon%20my%20word},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}