toodle-ooint.
/tuːd(ə)lˈuː/ colloquial.
‘Goodbye’. Cf. pip-pip int. and n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell
farewell1377
farewell itc1385
adieua1393
vale?1555
da-da1573
addio1577
goodbye1578
bye1618
adios1635
bye-bye1639
day-day1697
ta-ta1823
ave1850
sayonara1863
hooray1898
cheero1903
toodle-oo1907
hurroo1913
cheerio1914
pip-pip1919
tooraloo1922
cheery-bye1930
cheers1937
tara1958
ciao1961
toodles1965
tatty-bye1971
toodle-pip1977
1907 Punch 26 June 465 ‘Toodle-oo, old sport.’ Mr. Punch turned round at the amazing words and gazed at his companion.
1908 T. E. Lawrence Let. 16 Aug. (1938) 62 Tootle 'oo. e.l.
1920 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv Toodle-oo, laddie! We shall meet anon.
1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings vi. 64 Well, toodle-oo!
1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing i. 8 ‘And a rousing toodle-oo to you, you young blot on the landscape,’ she replied cordially.
1981 R. Barnard Sheer Torture xi. 121 I'll be downstairs. Toodle-oo.
Derivatives
toodle-pip int. (also tootle-pip)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of farewell
farewell1377
farewell itc1385
adieua1393
vale?1555
da-da1573
addio1577
goodbye1578
bye1618
adios1635
bye-bye1639
day-day1697
ta-ta1823
ave1850
sayonara1863
hooray1898
cheero1903
toodle-oo1907
hurroo1913
cheerio1914
pip-pip1919
tooraloo1922
cheery-bye1930
cheers1937
tara1958
ciao1961
toodles1965
tatty-bye1971
toodle-pip1977
1977 A. C. H. Smith Jericho Gun v. 67 Well, tootle-pip for now.
1983 Standard 26 Oct. 23 (heading) Toodlepip to the poor British Exec.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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