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quotha
[kwoh-thuh]
interjection
indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another).
quotha
/ ˈəʊθə /
interjection
archaican expression of mild sarcasm, used in picking up a word or phrase used by someone else
Art thou mad? Mad, quotha! I am more sane than thou
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quotha1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quotha1
Example Sentences
"Burn" it, quotha!—it wouldn't have burnt, I would have you know: it would have flown straight up the chimney and taken, unscathed as marble, its invulnerable way to the individual for whom it had just been so admirably winged.
"Serious quotha!" said I, drawing away from her hand with much dignity.
He would call it a very bold figure of speech: figure of speech, quotha!
Marriage, quotha! what, dost thou think I have been bred in the deserts of Africa, or among the savages of America?
Quotha! but the gifts will be showered upon the maiden.
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