Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Marry!

An oath, meaning by Mary, the Virgin.

“Yea, marry! you say true.” —Foxe Book of Martyrs

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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