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tinkety-tonk

tinkety-tonk interjection: goodbye.

Interjection

  1. (colloquial, dated) Goodbye.
    • "On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment," said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.1927, P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor
    • I'm so pleased you're coming.
      Tinkety tonk
      Daph
      PS No wild oats yet2012, Rachel Johnson, Winter Games
  2. The tinkling sound of light piano music.
    • There goes the piano, tinkety-tonk, and there don't go my feet.2008, Elizabeth Laird, Paradise End, page 139
    • […] the main tinkety-tonk piano theme tune to the St. Trinian's films […]2021, Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life

Questions about tinkety-tonk

What does tinkety-tonk mean?
Tinkety-tonk means goodbye.
What part of speech is tinkety-tonk?
Tinkety-tonk is an interjection.

Words near tinkety-tonk in the dictionary

  1. tinkermen
  2. tinkers
  3. Tinkersley
  4. tinkersome
  5. tinkerwise
  6. tinkety-tonk
  7. Tinkham
  8. Tinkhams
  9. tinking
  10. tinkle
  11. tinkle the ivories

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