cheerio

Example Sentences

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"I'm so busy I could scream. 3,000 letters to answer at least. So I'll say cheerio for now."

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023

Rule Brittania, pip pip, cheerio and all that!

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2016

Pip-pip and cheerio, it's "The British Academy Film Awards 2015" — a.k.a. the BAFTAs — where Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" leads the field with 11 nominations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2015

I told them I had always thought of this funny term for umbrella as one of those words, like cheerio and old man, that the stage Englishman is required to say.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2011

In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee!

From Indiscretions of Archie by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)