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
Then it went over a thank-you-ma’am and slid a little faster.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks
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
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