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[suhn-ee] / ˈsʌn i /




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“So I say, ‘Well sonny boy, when I came to Mexico, you were this high, and I was cooking with your grandmothers.’

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2020

“Come, sonny boy!” he heard her whisper, and with a smile he let go.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2016

We need to save Mako big Joe and big Sam for the vital last 25 mins. look at NZ today sonny Bill and Barrett won them the game.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015

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

“Better eat that, sonny boy. Supplies are limited and we may be here a long, long time.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

"Pull starboard, sonnies," sang out old Captain Dear, his grey chin whiskers bristling with joy in the light of the round lantern which he held aloft.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons

My sonnies, all true stories have a coarse touch or a bad moral, depend upon’t. 

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy

My sonnies, I’ve got the very white trousers that I wore, at home in box now. 

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy

“Well, my sonnies, there’ll be a good strong party looking at us to-day as we go along.”

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy

Well, we be near 'ome, sonnies," said the captain, "after a safe journey.

From The Birthright by Joseph Hocking


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