Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of ta-ta.
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 British Columbia archives), Red put the spurs to his horse and galloped away: “Ta ta, friends, I′ve business up the trail.”
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“[…]Well, ta-ta, sweetheart! Don′t expect me back to lunch.”
1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, The Echo Library, published 2007, page 229‘No more questions? Then I′ll be off. Ta-ta.’
1967, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, page 55
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