"thankee" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /ˈθæŋki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thanky.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æŋki
  1. (dialect) Alternative form of thank you. Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: thank you
    Sense id: en-thankee-en-intj-II486hc9

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈθæŋki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thanky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thankees [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋki Head templates: {{en-noun}} thankee (plural thankees)
  1. (dialect, dated) A thank-you. Tags: dated, dialectal Related terms: thank'ee, thanky
    Sense id: en-thankee-en-noun-r1uBjHYq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "thank you"
        }
      ],
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          ],
          "ref": "1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 12, in Little Women:",
          "text": "\"Thankee,\" said the knight politely, as he took a pinch and sneezed seven times so violently that his head fell off.",
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          ],
          "ref": "1874, Anthony Trollope, chapter 10, in Harry Heathcote of Gangoil:",
          "text": "\"Thankee, Sir.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of thank you."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "thank you",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialect) Alternative form of thank you."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθæŋki/"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋki"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thankee"
}

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    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "word": "tangi"
    }
  ],
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        "(dialect, dated) A thank-you."
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          "word": "thank'ee"
        },
        {
          "word": "thanky"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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          "text": "\"Thankee, Sir.\"",
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        "Alternative form of thank you."
      ],
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        "(dialect) Alternative form of thank you."
      ],
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    }
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