sonny
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“She’d sing it in her own way to see if it fits, and she would say, ‘How does that sound, sonny?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
“Come, sonny boy!” he heard her whisper, and with a smile he let go.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016
Sony was meant to appeal to Americans--a nod to "sonny boy," which was a phrase that was popular in Japan during the 1950s.
From Inc ● Mar. 24, 2010
You'll have to wait until half-time for that sonny!
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2010
“But did you make me swear on the River Styx? No you didn’t. So it’s not binding. When you’re conducting business, sonny, you should always get a binding oath.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Well, we be near 'ome, sonnies," said the captain, "after a safe journey.
From The Birthright by Joseph Hocking
“Rot me, my sonnies, then, if I can tell what a man is from all his members put together, oftentimes.”
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
But for a quire to lose the treble, why, my sonnies, you may so well lose your .
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
He says this, sonnies, loud and clear: 'Tell me this,' he says, 'how do they keep the crows off the wheat when you fellers comes to town?'
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
Ladies, left hand to yer sonnies; Alaman; grand right an' left; Balance all an' swing yer honies — Pick 'em up an' feel their heft.
From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John Avery Lomax
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