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hello yourself, and see how you like it

hello yourself, and see how you like it interjection: a response to being greeted with "hello".

Interjection

  1. (humorous) A response to being greeted with "hello".
    • Tom hailed the romantic outcast: “Hello, Huckleberry!” “Hello yourself, and see how you like it.”1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 64

Origin of hello yourself, and see how you like it

Probably popularised by its occurrence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876; see quotation).

Questions about hello yourself, and see how you like it

What does hello yourself, and see how you like it mean?
Hello yourself, and see how you like it means a response to being greeted with "hello".
What part of speech is hello yourself, and see how you like it?
Hello yourself, and see how you like it is an interjection.

Words near hello yourself, and see how you like it in the dictionary

  1. hello nurses
  2. hello there
  3. hello world
  4. Hello World!
  5. Hello Worlds
  6. hello yourself, and see how you like it
  7. hello, fellow kids
  8. Hello, World
  9. helloed
  10. helloes
  11. Helloi

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