Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) all vars. of OK! excl.

1932		J.L. Kuethe ‘Johns Hopkins Jargon’ in AS VII:5 334: okey-dokey—O.K.
1935		M. Fulcher ‘Believe Me’ in Afro-American (Baltimore, MD) 13 Apr. 12/1: ‘You’re still true to the first love; okie dokie’.
1936		(ref. to 1920s) L. Duncan Over the Wall 165: ‘Oke-doke,’ I agreed.
1937		P. Cheyney Dames Don’t Care (1960) 60: Swell, Langdon. Okie doke.
1937		J. Curtis You’re in the Racket, Too 152: Okydoke. I’ll take a ball of chalk along there with you.
1939		P. Hamilton To The Public Danger 78: Okey-doke, big boy!
1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 26 Jan. [synd. col.] ‘Okey-dokey,’ she replied. ‘deal me in. When do I have to strip?’.
1941		G. Kersh They Die with Their Boots Clean 4: Near out of ammo. Okay doke. So now it’s going to come down to good old cold steel. [Ibid.] 69: Okey-dokey, my little fluffy-’eaded chicks!
1943		W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 259: I yelled back, ‘Okie doke!’.
1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 27: Okeedoke, Ma.
1947		B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 115: ‘Okle-dokle,’ the Killer said. ‘Where we goin’?’ [Ibid.] 130: ‘Hokey-doke,’ Acosta said. [Ibid.] 183: ‘Okedoke,’ Miniff said.
1949		L. Hughes Tambourines to Glory I iii: Okey dokey, Big Eye.
1950		C. Harris Three-Ha’Pence to the Angel 228: ’Ere we are. Okeydoke. All set.
1960		C. MacInnes Mr Love and Justice (1964) 47: Okey-doke. Well, here it is.
1968		S. Gore Holy Smoke 18: By cripes – forgot all about make’im Man! Okey-dokey.
1975		L. Rosten Dear ‘Herm’ 5: ‘Okey-dokey’ the broad answers.
1978		(con. WWII) T. Sanchez Hollywoodland (1981) 71: ‘San Pedro, pier 128.’ ‘Okie-dokie, San Pete it is.’.
1983		A. Payne ‘Get Daley!’ Minder [TV script] 4: Okay-doke. Nothing serious, I hope.
1983		J. Sullivan ‘Wanted’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] Okee Dokee.
1983		J. Byrell (con. 1959) Up the Cross 75: The long and short was that [they] had said okie doke.
1986		R.G. Barrett Godson 279: ‘Okey-doke,’ said les.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 104: Okeydoke, kasj . . . Just swing by my tank.
1992		D. Burke Street Talk 2 204: ‘Wanna go the movies tonight?’ ‘Hokey-dokey.’.
1993		A.I. Lapidus ‘The Front’ Simpsons 15 Apr. [TV script] Okely-dokely-do.
1998		R.G. Barrett Goodoo Goodoo 98: ‘How about I meet you at nine o’clock?’ ‘Okey doke’.
1998		K. Anderson Night Dogs 60: ‘Okee-doke,’ Hanson said, ‘We’ll go talk to the doctor’.
1998		A. Warner Sopranos 63: ‘Will you meet us in a pub?’ [...] ‘Okey-dokey’.
2000		R.G. Barrett Leaving Bondi (2013) [ebook] ‘A small Scotch and water. No ice thanks.’ ‘Okey doke’.
2001		K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 37: Ritchie was so fucking weird when I made that drop that I started to feel a bit thingy. Just thought okey-dokey, here we go.
2004		L. Redhead Peepshow [ebook] [I] went in search of my clothes. Nothing. Okey-dokey.
2004		C. Hiaasen Skinny Dip 200: ‘How ’bout if you shut up?’ ‘Okeydoke,’ Joey said.
2005		Jade LB Keisha the Sket (2021) 24: ‘stay her a sec [...] ’ ‘okidoke’ i sed.
2009		Absurd Intellectual [Internet blog headline] Okely-dokely, neighbourino: Flanders is responsible for Marge Simpson on the cover of Playboy.
2012		L. Berney Whiplash River [ebook] ‘Okeydokey,’ she said. ‘It’s been great catching up’.
2016		T. Robinson Rough Trade [ebook] ‘Okey dokey, artichokey’.