int. A vulgar corruption of LORD used as an exclamation. (Cf. laws s.v. LAW int.)
1860. Geo. Eliot, Mill on Floss, II. 170. But, lors! I shouldn’t know what to say to ’em.
1880. Mrs. Parr, Adam & Eve, xiii. (1881), 65. ‘Lors’ exclaimed Joan.
