fare-you-welln.
/ˌfɛːjᵿˈwɛl/, U.S. /ˌfɛrjəˈwɛl/ U.S. colloquial.
to a fare-you-well: to the last point; to the utmost degree; completely.
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1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier II. liv. 173 And then it means a house.., and milk, anyhow, till you can't rest, and buttermilk to fare-you-well.
1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 77 The little cuss has got me bluffed to a fare-you-well.
1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter i. 3 The fight's begun, and we've got to rally around old Bill Strickland to a fare-you-well.
1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters x. 101 ‘Who is boss of the round-up this year?’.. ‘Rowan is, and believe me he worked us to a fare-you-well. He's some driver, Mac is.’
1943 S. Lewis Gideon Planish x. 95 You can lambast Brother Rood to a fare-you-well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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