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sonny

1

[ suhn-ee ]

noun

  1. little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
  2. (used as a term of direct address to express contempt, derision, etc.):

    No, sonny, you can't park there!



Sonny

2

[ suhn-ee ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

sonny

/ ˈ²õÊŒ²Ôɪ /

noun

  1. a familiar or patronizing term of address to a boy or man
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sonny1

First recorded in 1840–50; son + -y 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sonny1

C19: from son + -y ²
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“So I say, ‘Well sonny boy, when I came to Mexico, you were this high, and I was cooking with your grandmothers.’

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“You look like you wanted that one, sonny,†the shopkeeper said pleasantly.

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We've seen plenty heartbreaking, gut wrenching misses in our day, sonny boy.

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It’s not like, ‘Hey get off my lawn, and baseball was better when I was a kid, sonny.’

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“Don’t you hurry me, sonny, you hurry a miracle man, you get rotten miracles, that what you want?â€

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