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Lord only knows en · X

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.
   alt of God knows
   alt of in sense of something unknown to mortal men
   • London has, heaven knows, enough homeless waifs, born the Lord only knows where, and brought up the Lord only knows how; but the London article is no more like the Parisian than chalk is like cheese. 1882, David Ross Locke, Nasby in Exile, xix. 287: