Definitions
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- interjection
Acknowledging a mistake.
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Examples
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Now, I've been asked many times how a whoops-a-daisy like this can happen, and I'll tell you what I think ...
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Here I am leading that process for the last couple of months and whoops-a-daisy I am shown up to have made a mistake.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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A deep chuckle and then a cry of "whoops-a-daisy!" from the nurse is top of my list of Things I Don't Want To Hear When I'm Having a Smear Test.
Archive 2009-05-01 The List Writer 2009
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A deep chuckle and then a cry of "whoops-a-daisy!" from the nurse is top of my list of Things I Don't Want To Hear When I'm Having a Smear Test.
Ten things The List Writer 2009
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This is as bad as "whoops-a-daisy" in response to being caught with one's snout in the trough.
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So there you are about to start up your boat when whoops-a-daisy, you drop your keys in the water.
Key Buoy Keychain 2007
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