thank-you-ma'am
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thank-you-ma'am
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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This time Rutgers was the thank-you-ma'am; the score was 10 to 0.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out of the enveloping grove which masked the side of Pendragon Hill it came, shooting over the last "thank-you-ma'am" and taking the ice with a ringing crash of steel on crystal.
From Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways by Carr, Annie Roe
“If I couldn’t get ten pounds for him, just like that, with a thank-you-ma’am, I’m a sucker that don’t know a terrier from a greyhound.—Sure, ten pounds, in any pub on Sydney beach.”
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack
Then it went over a thank-you-ma’am and slid a little faster.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
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