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The meaning of TOODLE-OO is good-bye, so long. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
The British term ‘toodle-oo’ is a fellow-traveller of various terms associated with walking or departing in a carefree manner – toddle, tootle and their extended forms toddle-off and tootle-pip. Let’s also not forget tootle-oo, which is a commonly heard alternative form of toodle-oo, and also its Irish variant tooraloo.
TOODLE-OO definition: 1. a way of saying goodbye: 2. a way of saying goodbye: . Learn more.
4 meanings: British informal, rare goodbye → 1. farewell: a conventional expression used at leave-taking or parting with people.... Click for more definitions.
1900s. The earliest known use of the interjection toodle-oo is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for toodle-oo is from 1907, in Punch. toodle-oo is of unknown origin. See etymology.
Toodle-oo. The salutation toodle-oo, meaning “good-bye” or “so long,” is forever associated with carefree, upper-class Brits, in part because of its frequent use in the works of Wodehouse. Its use began in the years after 1900, and is thought to have its origins in the sound of the then-newfangled car horns that sometimes signaled ...
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Jun 12, 2024 · When they rise and bid the old folks good-bye, and coming through the little wicket stand for a moment at the wooden palings to say “Toodle-oo” in the cheeriest of Cockney accents, we are at first astonished. For a moment my colleague and I had imagined we were in a rural hamlet and in the heart of green England.
