Green’s Dictionary of Slang

thank you very much!

1881		M.E. Braddon Asphodel I 33: Thank you muchly. And now my box?
1897		Music Hall & Theatre Review 30 July 14/4: ‘Ta ta, Yours muchly, Sir John’.
1919		‘Bartimeus’ ‘The Wooing of Mouldy Jakes’ in Awfully Big Adventure 38: We won’t stop, ta fearfully all the same.
1922		Joyce Ulysses 253: Respectable girl meet after mass. Tanks awfully muchly.
1928		Staffs. Sentinel 25 May 6/6: The bright young thing murmered ‘Ta muchly’.
1934		Lincs. Echo 3 Sept. 4/4: I do not like turbot [...] or people who say ‘Ta muchly’.
1955		Aberdeen Exp. 3 Feb. 4/4: Ta muchly, but a 5.0 a.m. start is just a trifle early.
1968		Oz 8 48/2: Ta muchly, people.
1970		W. Smith Gold Mine 32: He eased a five-Rand note out of his wallet and handed it to her. ‘Ta muchly.’ .
1984		Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 1192: [...] C.20.
1998		Guardian 27 July 28/3: ‘Ta muchly’ – Frank Hayes.