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1. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › toodle-ooTOODLE-OO | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   TOODLE-OO definition: 1. a way of saying goodbye: 2. a way of saying goodbye: . Learn more.

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     TOODLE-OO definicja: 1. a way of saying goodbye: 2. a way of...

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     TOODLE-OO meaning: 1. a way of saying goodbye: 2. a way of...

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2. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › toodle-ooToodle-oo - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder

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   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.

3. www.oed.com › dictionary › toodle-oo_inttoodle-oo interjection - Oxford English Dictionary

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   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.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTOODLE-OO definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   4 meanings: British informal, rare goodbye → 1. farewell: a conventional expression used at leave-taking or parting with people.... Click for more definitions.

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   Toodle-oo definition: goodbye; so long. See examples of TOODLE-OO used in a sentence.

6. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › Toodle-ooToodle-oo - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

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   Definition of toodle-oo in the Idioms Dictionary. toodle-oo phrase. What does toodle-oo expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.

7. www.merriam-webster.com › toodle-ooToodle-oo - 9 Words from P.G. Wodehouse - Merriam-Webster

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   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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   What does 'Toodle Oo' mean?

   • Toodle Oo is a quaint, informal, and lighthearted expression of farewell, primarily heard in the UK. Thank you for your hospitality, but I had best be going. Toodle-oo! (Good-bye. Take it easy.)

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   What does toodleoo mean?

   • Toodleoo!” “Good-bye.” “Pip-pip!” Reggie withdrew. Tootle-oo is first known from a date that is near enough to that of toodle-oo as to make it difficult to be certain which came first. This variant is recorded in the Letters of T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia), in 1908.

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   When did the word Toodle come into English?

   • [1905–10; perh. toodle (var. of dial. tootle to toddle) + -oo interjection] This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: Expressionism, airway, cadre, one-shot, stabilizer

   TOODLE-OO definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Where does the interjection Toodle-Oo come from?

   • 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.

   toodle-oo, int. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Diction…

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   What does 'Tootle' mean?

   • ‘Tootle’, which also often comes complete with its ‘off’, has been used to mean ‘walk aimlessly’ since at least the early 1900s, for example, this piece from the English literary journal The Cornhill Magazine, July 1902: “I tootled down to Cooney’s a half-hour before time.”

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   Where did the word 'Toddle off' come from?

   • The word is still with us in the term ‘toddle off’ which, although somewhat archaic in sound, is still commonplace in the UK at least. This was in use by the early 19th century and appears in The Dublin University Magazine, 1838: “Show this gentleman to his bedchamber, Klaus… and I’ll toddle off to my library,” said the Nabob.

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