| Assent to a lady |
Universal |
20 Jan 2026 |
| Polite affirmation |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Polite assent to a lady |
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| Boot camp affirmative |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Polite assent |
Newsday |
18 May 2025 |
| "Certainly, Sergeant" |
Universal |
02 Apr 2025 |
| Polite affirmation |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2025 |
| Polite response |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Reply to a superior, sometimes |
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| Polite affirmative (2 wds.) |
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| Formal affirmative |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Polite answer |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Polite assent |
New York Times |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Polite affirmative |
Universal |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Polite answer |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2021 |
| Polite reply |
Newsday |
25 Jun 2021 |
| Polite affirmative |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Polite assent |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Mar 2021 |
| Polite response |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Polite response |
The Washington Post |
14 Aug 2020 |
| Polite reply to a lady |
Premier Sunday |
19 Apr 2020 |
| Polite answer |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Jan 2019 |
| Polite reply from a gent |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Polite reply from a gent |
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| Courteous assent |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2017 |
| Hat-tipper's polite response |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Polite affirmative |
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| Hat-tipper's polite response |
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| Reply from a gentleman |
The Washington Post |
14 Dec 2015 |
| Junior-to-Nana affirmative |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Respectful words |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2015 |
| Gentleman's agreement? |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Gentleman's agreement? |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Feb 2015 |
| Reply from a gentleman |
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| Junior-to-Nana affirmative |
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| Respectful words |
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| Gentleman's agreement? |
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| Polite assent |
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| Gentleman's agreement |
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| Polite concurrence |
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| Reply to a schoolmistress |
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| "As you wish, milady" |
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| Reply to the boss |
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| Polite response to Mother |
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| Reply from a polite young'un |
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| Genteel assent |
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| Polite response to Mother |
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| Classroom answer |
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| Gentleman's agreement? |
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| Polite concurrence |
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| "Of course, dear lady" |
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| Polite agreement |
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| Respectful reply |
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| Gentlemanly reply |
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| Gentlemanly reply |
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| Affirmative for Huckleberry Finn |
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| Polite response |
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| Courteous consent |
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| Lady-in-waiting's reply |
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| Affirmative to a lady |
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| Assent to the queen |
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| Polite response |
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| Polite agreement |
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| Courteous consent |
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| Gentlemanly reply |
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| Polite agreement |
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| John Boy's response to Olivia |
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| Polite answer |
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| Response to a queen. |
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| Polite reply. |
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| Polite acquiescence, à la "Dragnet." |
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| Polite affirmative. |
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