| Assent in Twain novels |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2026 |
| Polite assent |
New York Times |
11 Nov 2025 |
| Old-timey assent |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2025 |
| "You're the boss, m'lady" |
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| Quaint affirmative |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Reply to a school marm, maybe |
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| Antiquated assent |
New York Times |
02 Feb 2025 |
| Courteous rural reply |
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| Quaint affirmative |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Polite assent to a schoolmarm |
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| Quaint assent |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Southern agreement |
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| Quaint affirmative |
Universal |
06 Jun 2024 |
| Reply with an apostrophe |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2024 |
| Polite reply to a schoolmarm, perhaps |
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| Quaint affirmative to a lady |
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| Polite rural reply |
Newsday |
20 Jul 2023 |
| Quaint affirmative |
Universal |
23 May 2023 |
| Polite assent |
LA Times Daily |
31 Mar 2023 |
| Polite affirmative |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2023 |
| Courteous contraction |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2023 |
| Quaint response of agreement |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Polite affirmative, in the South |
New York Times |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Polite contraction |
LA Times Daily |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Quaint affirmative |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2022 |
| Polite rural assent to a lady |
Premier Sunday |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Tom Sawyer assent |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Rural agreement |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Rural agreement |
The Washington Post |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Rural assent to a woman |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jan 2022 |
| "OK" from Tom Sawyer to Aunt Polly |
Premier Sunday |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Quaintly polite reply |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2021 |
| Rural assent |
The Washington Post |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Rural assent |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2021 |
| Quaint affirmative |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2021 |
| Polite assent |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Polite assent |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Quaint reply to a woman |
Universal |
24 Dec 2020 |
| Polite reply to a schoolmarm |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2020 |
| Old-timey assent |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Jun 2020 |
| Huck Finn's polite assent |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| Agreement from Huck Finn |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Apr 2020 |
| Bart admission to Marge |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2020 |
| Rural assent to a woman |
Premier Sunday |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Polite rural assent |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2019 |
| Deferential affirmative |
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| Deferential affirmative |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2019 |
| Polite rural assent |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Polite rural assent |
The Washington Post |
11 Jun 2019 |
| Quaint affirmative |
Universal |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Cowpoke's polite assent |
The Washington Post |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Cowpoke's polite assent |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Quaint assent |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2019 |
| Polite assent |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Polite rural assent |
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| Quaint assent |
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| Quaint affirmative |
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| Cowpoke's polite assent |
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| Polite assent |
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| Show of rural respect |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2018 |
| Show of rural respect |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2018 |
| ''Don't say __- say Aunt Sally'': Twain |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2018 |
| Polite reply to Aunt Polly |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Rural assent to a lady |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Respectful reply to an elder woman, in old times |
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| Reply to a schoolmarm |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2018 |
| Polite reply to Aunt Polly |
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| Show of rural respect |
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| Quaint agreement |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Rural agreement |
The Washington Post |
08 Sep 2017 |
| Rural agreement |
LA Times Daily |
08 Sep 2017 |
| 'O.K.' from Tom Sawyer |
Jonesin |
17 Jan 2017 |
| Rural agreement |
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| Quaint agreement |
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| Cowpoke's polite assent |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Polite response to a schoolmarm |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2016 |
| Reply to a schoolmarm |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2016 |
| Respectful reply to a schoolmarm |
USA Today |
21 Nov 2016 |
| Backwoods agreement |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Clipped affirmative |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Polite rural reply |
LA Times Daily |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Polite reply from a cowboy |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Mannerly reply from Tom or Huck |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2016 |
| Respectful rural response |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Affirmative from Opie to Aunt Bee |
The Washington Post |
31 Jul 2016 |
| Polite rural reply |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Old-fashioned agreement |
The Washington Post |
10 Apr 2016 |
| Backwoods agreement |
The Washington Post |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Respectful rural response |
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| Polite rural reply |
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| Polite response to a schoolmarm |
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| Polite reply to a lady |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Dec 2015 |
| Polite affirmative from a ranch hand |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Polite rural reply |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Polite response to Aunt Polly |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2015 |
| Reply to a schoolmarm |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2015 |
| Rural assent to a lady |
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| Reply to a schoolmarm |
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| Polite reply to a lady |
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| "Affirmative" |
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| Folksy "That's right, lady" |
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| Polite affirmative from a ranch hand |
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| Polite backwoods agreement |
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| Polite response to Aunt Polly |
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| Reply to a schoolmarm |
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| Polite rural reply |
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| Assent in the sticks |
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| Respectful rural reply |
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| Polite country assent |
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| "O.K." from Tom Sawyer |
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| Polite rural affirmative |
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| Cowpoke's polite assent |
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| Backwoods agreement |
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| Quaint agreement |
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| Backwoods agreement |
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| Backwoods agreement |
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| Tom Sawyer's affirmative to Aunt Polly |
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| Polite reply, briefly |
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| "That's right, Aunt Polly" from Tom Sawyer |
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| Quaint agreement |
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| Quaint country consent |
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| Quaint country consent |
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| Response to Aunt Polly, perhaps |
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| "O.K." from Huck Finn |
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| Polite rural affirmative |
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| Polite rural affirmative |
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| Polite rural agreement |
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| Polite rural reply |
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| "The Andy Griffith Show" affirmative |
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| Mannerly reply, briefly |
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| "Right away, Mammy" |
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| Huck Finn-like assent |
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| Polite backwoods response |
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| Polite rural agreement |
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| Polite, old-fashioned assent |
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| Polite reply to a lady |
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| Polite answer from Tom Sawyer |
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| Polite reply from a cowboy |
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| Huck Finn-like assent |
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| "Right away, Mammy" |
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| Polite reply from a ranch hand |
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| Polite backwoods response |
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| Reply to a schoolmarm |
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| Polite country affirmative |
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| Polite country affirmative |
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| Backwoods assent |
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| Obedient reply from Tom Sawyer |
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| "Andy Griffith Show" acknowledgment |
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| Polite oater response |
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| Polite oater response |
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| Polite response to a lady |
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| Rural agreement |
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| "Okay" from Tom Sawyer |
|
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| Quaintly polite response |
|
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| "That's right, Aunt Polly" |
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| Respectful rural reply |
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| Polite reply |
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| Old-timey assent |
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| "You're the boss, lady" |
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| Li'l Abner's "OK" to Mammy Yokum |
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| Tom's respectful reply to Aunt Polly |
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| Polite backwoods affirmative |
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| Polite rural answer |
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| Possible reply from a gentleman |
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| Reply to a schoolmarm, perhaps |
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| Polite rural response |
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| Tom Sawyer affirmative |
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| Li'l Abner's affirmative |
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| Polite response from a ranch hand |
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| Polite rural reply |
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| Tom Sawyer agreement |
|
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| Tom Sawyer affirmative |
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| Polite backwoods affirmative |
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| Tom Sawyer agreement |
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| Polite backwoods affirmative |
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| "Okay, Aunt Bee" |
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| Polite rural agreement |
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| Opie's answer to Aunt Bee |
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| Backwoods assent |
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| Tom Sawyer assent |
|
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| Sawyer affirmative |
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| Tom Sawyer affirmative |
|
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| Assent to a schoolmarm |
|
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| Polite assent |
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| "Okay, Aunt Bee," Opie-style |
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| Huck Finn's polite assent |
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| Polite rural assent |
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| Positive response to Aunt Polly |
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| Polite reply, briefly |
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| Polite rural assent |
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| "Okay, Aunt Bee," Opie-style |
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| "Okay, Aunt Bee," Opie-style |
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| Reply to a school-marm |
|
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| Tom Sawyer response to Aunt Polly |
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| Polite reply from a ranch hand |
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| Respectful reply |
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| Positive response to Aunt Polly |
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| "Okay, lady," briefly |
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| Tom's affirmative to Aunt Polly |
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| Concession in the sticks |
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| Backwoods assent |
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