Meanings
- datedDated form of good day.
“The damage and waste question shall be settled first. It shall be made to pay; don’t you be afraid. Good-day, Miss Jenny.” / “Good-day, young man.”
1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “A Few Grains of Pepper”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 4th book (A Turning), pages 228–2292 more examples
“[…] Now go and rest and to-morrow try to be on the spot as his Majesty comes in from parade: but I will send you word. Good-day. His Majesty will certainly want to see you,” he added as he bowed him out.
1886, Léon Tolstoï [i.e., Leo Tolstoy], chapter XV, in Clara Bell, transl., War and Peace: A Historical Novel: […]: Before Tilsit: 1805–1807: Two Volumes, revised and corrected edition, volume I, New York, N.Y.: William S. Gottsberger, publisher […], →OCLC, page 243“[…] You asked if there is anything we could do for him. Well, I advise you to set him digging post-holes or breaking mustangs. There’s our team ready. Good-day, sir.” And like a puff of wholesome, blustery wind the doctor was off.
1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 177, column 1
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