Eh
[eɪ] or [e]
Definition
(interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
Typist: Tabitha
Definition
interj. expressing inquiry or slight surprise.—v.i. to say 'Eh.'
Edited by Cathryn
Examples
- Mr Dorrit smiled, and said, Eh, well! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I think she's got a touch of that fever in her blood yet, and it won't come out--eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Ye couldn't treat a poor sinner, now, to a bit of sermon, could ye,--eh? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At length, however, a window opened, and a female voice called to him,-- Eh, bien! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We have opened all the public-houses in the place, and left our adversary nothing but the beer-shops--masterly stroke of policy that, my dear Sir, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was a good blind, eh? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Not quite an idiot--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What do you think of that, you dog, eh! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I suppose it answers some wise ends: Providence made them so, eh, Bulstrode? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- How should you like to grow up a clever man, and write books, eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Any slops, eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bad people have fevers sometimes; haven't they, eh? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- How does the law stand, eh, Hawley? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then he said, Thou wilt cover us well with the _m醧uina_ and with thy small _m醧uina_ when we come back, eh, _Ingl閟? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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