my land

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Interjection

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my land

  1. Alternative form of my lands (expressing surprise or dismay)
    • 1892, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The American Claimant, New York, N.Y.: Charles L[uther] Webster & Co., →OCLC:
      [] where have you disappeared to all these years, and are you from there, now, or where are you from?”
      “I don’t quite think you would ever guess, Colonel. Cherokee Strip.”
      My land!”
      “Sure as you live.”