sonny
noun
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
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sonny
1 American
[suhn-ee]
/ ˈsʌn i /
noun
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sonnies
plural
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little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
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(used as a term of direct address to express contempt, derision, etc.).
No, sonny, you can't park there!
Sonny
2
American
[suhn-ee]
/ ˈsʌn i /
noun
sonny
British
/ ˈsʌnɪ /
noun
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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
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
The obvious reply for Darling would have been along the lines of: while you've been watching I've been doing it, sonny.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2010
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
“I didn’t say I’d do it, sonny, don’t try pressuring a miracle man, not this one; you try pressuring me, out you go, how much money you got?”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
That January, she and her son, Sonny, had evacuated their home in Altadena, Calif., as the Eaton fires swept the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
She and Sonny spent much of 2025 living between more than a dozen places as Walsh was grieving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Sonny Baker's improvement continued with 2-17 and Jofra Archer recovered from an expensive start to return 2-23.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Dawson finished with 3-32 and Jamie Overton 2-23, while Sonny Baker impressed again with his pace and control in a miserly spell of 1-15, including a wicket maiden in the 19th over.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yeah, that’s a lot to expect him to get, but me, Sonny, and Malik have been tight since womb days.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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
But I was out-talked, sonnies, as has happened to me by my own wife, time and time agen.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell
Now stand stock-still there, my sonnies, one and all!
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
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
So work away, my sonnies, and give us more surprises of this sort as often as you like.'
From Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
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