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sonny Jim

sonny Jim noun: a familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

Noun

sonny Jim (plural sonny Jims)

  1. (UK, dated, informal) A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.
    • Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.1978, Hugh Leonard, Da: A Comedy in Two Acts
    Synonyms:
    boyo, laddie, sonny

Synonyms of sonny Jim

Forms of sonny Jim

pluralsonny Jims
alternative formSonny Jim

Origin of sonny Jim

Probably from Sunny Jim.

Questions about sonny Jim

What does sonny Jim mean?
Sonny Jim means a familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.
What part of speech is sonny Jim?
Sonny Jim is a noun.
What is the plural of sonny Jim?
The plural of sonny Jim is sonny Jims.

Words near sonny Jim in the dictionary

  1. Sonnites
  2. Sonns
  3. sonny
  4. sonny boy
  5. sonny boys
  6. sonny Jim
  7. sonnykins
  8. sono-
  9. sonoanatomic
  10. sonoanatomical
  11. sonoanatomy

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