Obs. [See ALACK int. and GOOD a. 6 b.] Only in the exclamation Good lack!
1638. [see GOOD a. 6 b].
1672. H. More, Brief Reply, 134. Good lack!
1775. Sheridan, St. Patrick’s Day, II. iii. Good lack, good lack, to think of the instability of human affairs. Ibid. (1777), Sch. Scandal, III. ii. Good lack, you surprise me!
1807. Crabbe, Par. Reg., III. 822. ‘Good-lack,’ quoth James, ‘thy sorrows pierce my breast.’
