thankee

See also: thank'ee

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθæŋki/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋki

Interjection

thankee

  1. (dialect) Alternative form of thank you.
    • 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 12, in Little Women:
      "Thankee," said the knight politely, as he took a pinch and sneezed seven times so violently that his head fell off.
    • 1874, Anthony Trollope, chapter 10, in Harry Heathcote of Gangoil:
      "Thankee, Sir."

Noun

thankee (plural thankees)

  1. (dialect, dated) A thank-you.

Descendants

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.