Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of apologetic remark interjected into a discourse when anything was said that might seem offensive or indelicate: often corrupted into sir-reverence.
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_Sir-reverence_, "save-reverence," the word of apology used for the indecency itself.
The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632
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