cheerio

Example Sentences

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"There was no way I could get up there and see her, say cheerio, or go to the funeral," he told the BBC.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

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

So cheerio, old Pippin! and let's fly into the new piece.

From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon