lor blime! excl.
(Aus.) a mild excl., lit. ‘Lord blind me!’.
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 27 May3/1: ‘You’ve learnt some Australian slang, too!’ [...] ‘I know “fair dinkum,” “lor blime,” and a few other bits. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Sept. 15/1: A quarter parst, ’n’ ’im not come? / Lor blime, this is pretty stiff. | ||
Backblock Ballads 38: Lor’ blim’me! I ain’t married to me Muse! | ‘A Guide for Poits’ in||
Moleskin Joe 286: And lorblimey! the way that his head was cracked again the rocks is somethin’ awful. |
In derivatives
(Aus.) a vulgar, vociferous person.
Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Sept. 5/2: But some are nonentities stylishly drest, / Looking down on mere common lor-blimers, / And some, like the fat, heavy dame, are the Best, / And the ones she dislikes are the climbers. |