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alackaday

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a⋅lack

  [uh-lak]
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–interjection Archaic.
(used as an exclamation of sorrow, regret, or dismay.)
Also, a⋅lack⋅a⋅day  [uh-lak-uh-dey] .

Origin:
presumably ah + lack. Cf. aha, ahem, alas
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alack 
1480, from ah, lack, from lack (q.v.) in M.E. sense of "loss, failure, reproach, shame." Originally an expression of dissatisfaction, later of regret or surprise.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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