Green’s Dictionary of Slang

fare-thee-well phr.

In phrases

to a fare-thee-well (adv.)

(US) thoroughly, completely.

1899		Fair Play (Fort Scott, KS) 13 Jan. 1/6: [B]eing banqueted and receptioned to a fare-you-well.
1903		Kansas City Times (MO) 14 Sept. 3/1: [They] proceeded to take advantage [sic] of the opportunity to fatten their batting averages, which they did to a ‘fare thee well’.
1918		T. Thursday ‘Stroke of Genius’ in Top-Notch 1 Apr. 🌐 My stories have got that bunch of millionaire scribes beaten to a fare-you-well!
1920		Ade Hand-made Fables 260: [They] had come home from College Reunions at 2 a.m., Plastered to a fare-ye-well.
1920		W.C. Witwer No Base Like Home 12: He sure looked pitiful standin’ there without a friend and the gang ridin’ him to a fare-thee-well.
1924		O.O. McIntyre New York Day by Day 31 May [synd. col.] Her peroxide tresses were frizzed to a fareyouwell.
1977		L. Heinemann Close Quarters (1987) 248: The dude with the 16mm clicking and grinding away to a fare-thee-well.
1986		L. Heinemann Paco’s Story (1987) 8: Twirling that necklace to a fare-thee-well, shaking and jangling it.
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 147: [T]he Justice cops fucked up to a fare-thee-well.