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  1. (archaic, dialectal) Wounds, especially the wounds of Christ on the cross.
    • 2009, Georgette Heyer, The Black Moth, →ISBN, page 119:
      Tare an' ouns, man! And is it meself that'll be caring what ye may or may not be?
    • 1831, Thomas Crofton Croker, Killarney Legends: Arranged as a Guide to the Lakes, page 173:
      Thunder an' tear an' ouns," said he
    • 1826, O'Hara family pseud, Tales by the O'Hara family, page 2:
      Tundher-an-ouns, Sir, give it to us, or you'11 be afther stroking it into a wran at last, so you will.

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