Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An emphatic form of
sir : especially in the phrase ‘yes (no) siree.!’
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- noun slang
Sir . Used as an intensifier, emphatically, after yes or no.
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Examples
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Beyond a shadow of doubt, it's now clear to see that my Grandma Audrey won that beauty contest, yes siree!
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Beyond a shadow of doubt, it's now clear to see that my Grandma Audrey won that beauty contest, yes siree!
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One thing for sure: I'm not going to have a Constanza 'it moved' moment here, no siree.
Archive 2009-03-01 Tyler 2009
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"Yes siree, eighty-four, and spryer than most," he could hear the old man say.
Chapter XXII 2010
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Beyond a shadow of doubt, it's now clear to see that my Grandma Audrey won that beauty contest, yes siree!
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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One thing for sure: I'm not going to have a Constanza 'it moved' moment here, no siree.
Tyler gets his first professional massage Tyler 2009
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The area was divided into territories, just like in "West Side Story," except that these were not hubcap-stealing Puerto Ricans in Spanish Harlem settling their differences with the occasional knife-fight; no siree, the downtown guys were seriously into guns and shoot-outs that consumed entire city blocks, slaughtering the innocent and the guilty with equal magnanimity.
A Gangster Goes to War Winston Groom 2010
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We are not here to gripe about taxes and Obamacare, no siree.
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We are not here to gripe about taxes and Obamacare, no siree.
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No insincerity or hypocrisy to be found in that lady, no siree!
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