ta ta
Pronunciation Interjection
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Pronunciation Interjection
- (chiefly, UK, Australian, New Zealand, South Africa, informal, colloquial) Goodbye.
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, 2007, The Echo Library, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pF17ZBLFWEC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=%22ta+ta%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=nCsRdEoHsJ&sig=hxDiedt6McGnY-ieZnGd6-RieWE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aIZ1UKmdM6KgigfCwoDYDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ta%20ta%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 229],
- “ […] Well, ta-ta, sweetheart! Don′t expect me back to lunch.”
- 1923 (recorded 1900), Ed Smith (Cranbrook Courier), Reminiscences of Kootenay Pioneers, recalling an event claimed to be the origin of the place name Ta Ta Creek; viewed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090202131715/http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=17664 British Columbia archives]),
- Red put the spurs to his horse and galloped away: “Ta ta, friends, I′ve business up the trail.”
- 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, 2007, The Echo Library, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pF17ZBLFWEC&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=%22ta+ta%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=nCsRdEoHsJ&sig=hxDiedt6McGnY-ieZnGd6-RieWE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aIZ1UKmdM6KgigfCwoDYDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22ta%20ta%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 229],
- (goodbye) bye, goodbye, hooroo (Australian); see also Thesaurus:goodbye
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