What does oh dear mean?

oh dear

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

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"Oh dear, I seem to have lost my ticket."
"“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”"

oh, dear (alternative)

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