thank-you-ma'amn.

Forms:

α. 1800s thank-you-ma'am.

β. 1800s–1900s thankee-marm.

γ. 1800s– thankee-ma'am.

δ. 1800s– thank-you-marm.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thank you phr., thankee phr., ma'am n.¹, marm n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < thank you phr. + ma'am n.¹, partly (in β. forms) < thankee phr. + marm n., partly (in γ. forms) < thankee phr. + ma'am n.¹, and partly (in δ. forms) < thank you phr. + marm n.

U.S. colloquial.

A hollow or ridge in a road, which causes persons passing over it in a vehicle to nod the head involuntarily, as if in acknowledgement of a favour; spec. a ridge or hollow on a hill road serving to throw off descending rainwater.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface > ridge to prevent accumulation of water

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1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xi We went like the wind over the hollows in the snow;—the driver called them ‘thank-you-ma'ams’, because they made everybody bow.

1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xiv Life's a road that's got a good many thank-you-ma'ams to go bumpin' over, says he.

1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 192 At one of the thank-you-marms in the road, the sick man stopped, like a weary horse, to breathe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	thank-you-maam
释义	thank-you-ma'amn. Forms: α. 1800s thank-you-ma'am. β. 1800s–1900s thankee-marm. γ. 1800s– thankee-ma'am. δ. 1800s– thank-you-marm. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thank you phr., thankee phr., ma'am n.¹, marm n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < thank you phr. + ma'am n.¹, partly (in β. forms) < thankee phr. + marm n., partly (in γ. forms) < thankee phr. + ma'am n.¹, and partly (in δ. forms) < thank you phr. + marm n. U.S. colloquial. A hollow or ridge in a road, which causes persons passing over it in a vehicle to nod the head involuntarily, as if in acknowledgement of a favour; spec. a ridge or hollow on a hill road serving to throw off descending rainwater. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface > ridge to prevent accumulation of water thank-you-ma'am1849 water bar1850 1849 H. W. Longfellow Kavanagh xi We went like the wind over the hollows in the snow;—the driver called them ‘thank-you-ma'ams’, because they made everybody bow. 1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xiv Life's a road that's got a good many thank-you-ma'ams to go bumpin' over, says he. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 192 At one of the thank-you-marms in the road, the sick man stopped, like a weary horse, to breathe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1849
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