English

Interjection

for cryin' out loud

1. Eye dialect spelling of for crying out loud.
   • 1940, Richard John Dinsmore, "Hoss" Doctor, p. 302:

     "For cryin' out loud!" from Hamilton. "Look Doc, that damned calf is still alive."

   • 1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv:

     ‘I knew yeh weren’t gettin’ yer letters but I never thought yeh wouldn’t even know abou’ Hogwarts, fer cryin’ out loud!’

   • 1999, Tom Hanley, Flyboys, p. 25:

     Then, why not pray to the trees, for cryin' out loud, and next, the dumb birds?