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thankee

[ thang-kee ]

interjection

Chiefly Dialect.
  1. thank you.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thankee1

First recorded in 1815–25; by alteration
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Example Sentences

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However, I got dressed, darkly wiping my sanguinary face at intervals, and I said, “Can I help you?” and he said “No thankee,” and I said “Good afternoon,” and he said “Same to you.”

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“Thankee, Sir,” returned Joe, evidently dispirited by the proposal, “since you are so kind as make chice of coffee, I will not run contrairy to your own opinions. But don’t you never find it a little ’eating?”

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“Thankee,” said he; “then we’ll consider that it’s to come off, when convenient to you. Have you dined with Mr. Jaggers yet?”

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“Thankee, Sir,” said Joe, stiff from head to foot, “I’ll take whichever is most agreeable to yourself.”

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“Thankee!” said Wemmick, rubbing his hands.

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