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hadaway

/ ˌhædəˈweɪ /

sentence substitute

  1. dialect.
    an exclamation urging the hearer to refrain from delay in the execution of a task
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hadaway1

perhaps from hold 1+ away
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Example Sentences

Russell Bishop killed nine-year-olds Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway in a woodland den in Brighton in 1986.

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His brother, John Hadaway, said Steve attended school to earn a degree while working full time as a manager at Diebold.

Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows, both nine, had been sexually assaulted and strangled, in Brighton, in 1986.

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Michelle Hadaway said the then BBC News reporter had asked for the clothes, in 1991, for DNA tests for a documentary.

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The BBC apologised to Mrs Hadaway and launched a new search in 2021 - but the clothes have not been found.

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