thanky
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθæŋki/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Interjection
thanky
- Pronunciation spelling of thank you.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- “Thanky, George,” replied the sea-cook.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- “How do you do, Mr. Huxter,” the Prince of Fairoaks said in his most princely manner—“I hope you are very well.”
“Pretty bobbish, thanky.”
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 143:
- “Thanky Ma’am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep her from round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman!