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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALACKADAY

An exclamation uttered to express regret or sorrow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALACKADAY

A *lack "a *day `, interj. Etym: [For alack the day. Cf. Lackaday. ]

 

Defn: An exclamation expressing sorrow.

 

Note: Shakespeare has "alack the day " and "alack the heavy day. " Compare "woe worth the day. "