heigh-day

See also: heighday

English

Interjection

heigh-day

1. Alternative form of heyday
   • 1839, Aristophanes, “The Birds”, in J[ohn] Hookham Frere, transl., The Acharnians and Two Other Plays of Aristophanes, London: J. M. Dent & Co.; New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Co., published 1909, page 190:

     Chorus. (to Peisthetairus, in a sort of self-satisfied drawling tone). Heigh-day! Why, what's the matter with ye? Sure! / Ah! well now, I calculate, you're quite astonished; […]