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Definition of Attaboy
1. Interjection. (idiomatic colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man. ¹
2. Noun. A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Attaboy
1. used to express encouragement or approval [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attaboy
Literary usage of Attaboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America at the Front by Fullerton Leonard Waldo (1918)
"CHAPTER V ACROSS FRANCE BY THE "attaboy SPECIAL" THE "Atterbury Special," named
for our American Director General of Transportation, has been nicknamed by ..."
2. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"Baseball may not live in Stratford, but "attaboy" will. ... Even on the doorstep
of the home of the immortal Shakespeare they are saying "attaboy. ..."
3. Pieces of Hate and Other Enthusiasms by Heywood Broun (1922)
"Burke calls it "attaboy!" This is, of course, authentic American slang. ...
It will be observed that Mr. Burke has given his attaboy a "t" too many. ..."
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