cheerio

Example Sentences

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“Ta and cheerio — and have a great night.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

"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

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

"Hello, old thing, cheerio and all the rest of it," Huntsman whinnied lovingly.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 24, 1917 by Various