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Definition of begorra exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

begorra

exclamation

/bɪˈɡɒrə/

/bɪˈɡɔːrə/

(Irish English, old-fashioned)

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used to express surprise
Word Originmid 19th cent.: alteration of by God.

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