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 Marry!Mar’s Year. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Marry Come Up!
 
An exclamation of disapproval, about equal to “Draw it mild!” May Mary come up to my assistance, or to your discomfort!   1
       
“Marry come up, you saucy jade!”—Nineteenth Century, November, 1892, p. 797
 


 Marry!Mar’s Year. 

 
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