Lord love you

English Phrase phr Said to express good will toward the listener. en God love someone<alt:God love you> God bless you en 1770 The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a Series of Letters Samuel Richardson Lord love you, can not, cannot you at last give comfort to two honest hearts ? en 1880 A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain The Reverend winced, but said mildly,— “Yes,—we are Americans.” “Lord love you, you can just bet that's what I am, every time! Put it there!” Said to soften the negative impact of something that is said next. en God love someone<alt:God love you> God bless you en 1840 Ben Brace, the last of Nelson's Agamemnons Frederick Chamier 37 And, Lord love you, Betsy ! who do you think would marry a soldier in these times ? en 1841 Ten Thousand A-year - Volume 5 Samuel Warren 138 “If, as how, miss, (you see,) it was only ourselves that you had to do with—(but, Lord love you, miss! we're only officers, and has our duty to do, and must do it!)—why, we'd go a little out of our way for to oblige a lady; but the people you must go to is the gemmen whose names is here," pointing to the warrant; "they're the people as the money's owing to -- Quirk, Gamm" -- en 1847 The Stars and Stripes William Makepeace Thackeray “There was a woman in our aft-scuppers when I went a-whalin in the little 'Grampus' – and Lord love you, Pumpo, you poor land-swab, she WAS as pretty a craft as ever dowsed a tarpauling – there was a woman on board the 'Grampus,' who before we'd struck our first fish, or biled our first blubber, set the whole crew in a mutiny. Related terms en Lord love a duck See also en God save the mark