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yours truly

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adverb
  1. a conventional phrase used at the end of a letter.
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pronoun
  1. Informal. I; myself; me: I'm only in business to profit yours truly.
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Origin of yours truly

First recorded in 1790–1800
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British Dictionary definitions for yours truly

yours truly

pronoun
  1. an informal term for I, myself, or me
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Word Origin

from the conventional closing phrase used at the end of letters
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Idioms and Phrases with yours truly

yours truly

1

A closing formula for a letter, as in It was signed “Yours truly, Mary Smith.” [Late 1700s]

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2

I, me, myself, as in Jane sends her love, as does yours truly. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]

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