Brewer's: Lakin

By'r Lakin. An oath, meaning “By our Lady-kin,” or Little Lady, where little does not refer to size, but is equivalent to dear.

“By'r Lakin, a parlous [perilous] fear.” —Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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