Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a familiar form of address for a boy or young man.
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- noun a
familiar form ofaddress for aboy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Maybe Babs will call her sonny boy and tell him to bounce these bullies, and try his hand at it for the last two years.
Think Progress » NEW POLL: Americans View Bolton As Symbol Of Foreign Policy Failures 2006
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It looked like a video game. jason B anybody else reminded of 'sonny' from i, robot? i mean that as a compliment as i loved that film. their movements are very similar. tremor
VOTD: Carl Rinsch’s Exploit Yourself Spec Commercial | /Film 2009
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It is evident that the only person feeling "uncomfortable" with this story is, er, you, 'sonny' ;
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"Dr. Floyd Peterson, Mrs. Thompson," he replied, "and at forty-six years of age, I deeply thank you for that 'sonny'."
Make Mine Homogenized Rick Raphael 1956
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He was about to repeat the "sonny" that had grated a little on Ned's sense of the proprieties but he stopped short -- and added: "Have you a card, Mr. --?"
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"No, sonny, no!" said Aunt Melvy, to whom all men were "sonny" until they died of old age.
Sandy Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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"Great Scott, Dan!" and the "sonny" addressed stared at him in perplexity,
That Girl Montana Marah Ellis Ryan 1900
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"sonny" did not make the oldest Bunker feel dignified at all.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's Laura Lee Hope
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And yes, if that means flooding the airwaves with real life tragic stories about how the HMO's actually Did kill Granny/Gramps & sis & sonny, we should raise the moola for it.
Heads up staffers, tips to avoid a Health Care "Town Hell" (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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"Don't you mess with grandpa, sonny" (Thanks, Carlo Longino!)
Boing Boing 2009
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