Aw (antedating)

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has "Aw," interj., from _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, but it is demonstrably  older :

1675 _The Woman turn'd Bully_ (London: T. Dring, 1675) II i   Aw Lord, Sir,---here Truepenny, pick this Pipe; it don't come worth a Rush.

JL

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