"daddy-o" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdædɪəʊ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-daddy-o.wav Forms: daddy-os [plural], daddy-oh [alternative], daddio [alternative]
Etymology: From daddy + -o. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|daddy|o}} daddy + -o Head templates: {{en-noun|head=daddy-o}} daddy-o (plural daddy-os)
  1. (informal, dated) Term of address for a man. Tags: dated, informal

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From daddy + -o.",
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          "ref": "1956, Nervous Norvus, \"Transfusion\" (lyrics)",
          "text": "Hey daddy-o, make that type O huh? That a boy."
        },
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          "ref": "1959, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, \"Charlie Brown\" (lyrics)",
          "text": "He walks in the classroom cool and slow, / Who calls the English teacher Daddy-O?"
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          "ref": "1959, Norman Mailer, Advertisements for Myself:",
          "text": "But Godot also means 'ot Dog, or the dog who is hot, and it means God-O, God as the female principle, just as Daddy-O in Hip means father who has failed, […]",
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        },
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              110,
              117
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