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Little Larrikin 12: ‘Hurry up now and be a good kid.’ ‘Right-O!’ said Lol cheerfully [OED]. | ||
Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) 27 May3/1: ‘You’ve learnt some Australian slang, too!’ ‘Righto,’ laughed Chirgwin. | ||
Windsor & Richmond Gaz. (NSW) 10 Dec. 7/4: ‘Put the —?!!! brakes on, you —,(),**, fool!’ Shunter: ‘Rightoh!’. | ||
Marvel XIV:343 June 15: Right ho! | ||
Hookey 91: An’ I says, ‘Righto, boy!’. | ||
Gem 16 Mar. 8: ‘Right-oh!’ said Logs. | ||
Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 25: Right O! Don’t bag all the crust, O’ Man. | ||
Gem 23 Sept. 9: ‘Hold on a tick while I get the light!’ said Manners. ‘Right-oh!’. | ||
Dubliners (1956) 160: ‘We can meet at half-seven,’ said Mr M’Coy. ‘Righto!’ said Mr Cunningham promptly. | ‘Grace’||
Sport (Adelaide) 10 Jan. 10/3: ‘Six pots, Les.’ ‘Right O’. | ||
Madcap of the School 76: ‘Right-o, old sport!’ returned Morvyth. | ||
Awfully Big Adventure 24: ‘Right-ho!’ he said gruffly. | ‘The Wooing of Mouldy Jakes’ in||
Berry and Co 10: ‘Right-oh,’ said my sister, rising. ‘Is ten-minutes-to early enough?’. | ||
Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1977) 89: Righty-ho! I’ll have the bus ready for you at eleven. | ||
Inimitable Jeeves 47: ‘Oh, right-o,’ I said. | ||
Rose of Spadgers 47: ‘Righto,’ I sez (an’ turns me back on doubt) / ‘I’m with yeh, parson. I go down to-night / To Spadgers’. | ‘A Holy War’ in||
Female of the Species (1961) 130: Right ho! mate. | ||
Tramp and Other Stories 192: ‘Come for a walk,’ she suggested presently. ‘Righto,’ I said. | ||
Busman’s Honeymoon (1974) 69: Righty-ho! | ||
Foveaux 35: ‘I’ll ask you to withdraw the remark.’ ‘Well, right-o.’. | ||
Battlers 57: Right-o, you be ready. | ||
Body in the Library (1959) 49: So I said righty ho. | ||
Whizzbang Comics 63: Right-ho, Podger. It’s us for the North Sea again. | ||
Sexus (1969) 95: We’d start a new life together, righto! | ||
(con. 1941) Twenty Thousand Thieves 95: ‘Righteo!’ exclaimed Temple, and the next minute swerved the truck. | ||
Battle Cry (1964) 278: Righto, old bean. | ||
Diaries 30 Jan. 88: I left him with R. in Cranbourn Street, he was exclaiming ‘Rightie Ho! Lyons. Cups of tea. Rightie Ho’. | ||
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit 27: Right ho. I only mean it must have been pretty gratifying. | ||
Shiralee 123: Righto, mate. | ||
Imabelle 124: ‘Right-o,’ the cop said, hurrying off. | ||
Hancock’s Half-Hour [radio script] Rightey-ho, mater, I’m ready. | ‘The Old School Reunion’||
Jeeves in the Offing 21: She must have drooped her eyes and come through with a murmured ‘Right-ho’. | ||
Jubb (1966) 47: ‘Just half a pint, please,’ I shouted. ‘Oh, righty-ho’. | ||
Rage in Harlem (1969) 126: [as 1957]. | ||
Bunch of Ratbags 113: Right-oh, Cheryl, I will. | ||
Much Obliged, Jeeves 103: ‘Tell Bastable [...] But nobody else.’ ‘Right ho.’. | ||
Living Black 35: Righto, if you see a kid or anybody doin’ anything out of place, you belt him. | ||
Minder [TV script] 49: Righto. Tell Arthur I’ll settle tomorrow. | ‘All Mod Cons’||
Day of the Dog 8: ‘Right-oh,’ agrees Floyd. | ||
Down and Out 43: ‘Right-ho,’ he said. | ||
Godson 90: ‘Righto mate,’ he smiled. ‘Next stop Kempsey’. | ||
A Fatal Attachment (1993) 166: Right-ho. Go ahead. | ||
Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 388: Righto, youse lot, quieten down. | ||
Yes We have No 193: I thought to myself, righty-ho. | ||
Black Swan Green 366: ‘I should be off.’ ‘Rightio.’. | ||
Age (Melbourne) 6 Jan. 🌐 Righto let’s go. Rip into them. | ||
Tales of the Honey Badger [ebook] Never one to get into a barney, I say ‘righto’ and keep going. | ||
Good Girl Stripped Bare 115: ‘Rightio [...] There’s something else we want you to do’. |