how-do-you-do

She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.

Then he of Clusium would flutter and say, How-do-you-do, in squeaky crow tones.

Dinah Oh, Mr. Pim, you mustn't run away without even saying how-do-you-do!

The idea of going right into the pantry without a how-do-you-do 21 or a by-your-leave!

Do you people down there still keep up that tiresome business of 'how-do-you-do' and 'good-bye'?

The children of the ranchman called the birds the 'how-do-you-do owls,' from the way they bow their heads as people pass.