so long phr.
(orig. mainly US) goodbye.
![]() | Mysteries and Miseries of N.Y. III 42: So long, till to-morrow night, old gal! | |
![]() | Na Motu 55: And let us be friends again ere exchanging ‘So long’ forever. | |
![]() | Mysteries and Miseries 410: [H]e exclaimed, ‘S’long,’ and swayed away up the street. | [Arthur Pember]|
![]() | Letters from the Southwest (1989) 92: Till then, in the language of the plains, ‘so long’. | letter 13 Nov. in Byrkit|
![]() | Seth’s Brother’s Wife 108: So long, boys! | |
![]() | ‘An Incident at Stiffner’s’ in Roderick (1972) 117: He chucked his saddle onto his horse, chucked himself into the saddle, said ‘s’long,’ and slithered off. | |
![]() | Salt-Water Ballads 37: Well, so-long, Billy, ’n’ a spankin’ heavy pay-day to you! | ‘A Valediction’ in|
![]() | Hist. of Mr Polly (1946) 175: ‘So long,’ said Mr. Polly. | |
![]() | Sun. Times (Perth) 1 Mar. 8s/7: ‘Then [...] yer can shout for them yourself. S’long.’ And he S’longed! | |
![]() | Shadow of a Gunman Act I: I must be off too; so long, Mr. Davoren. | |
![]() | This Gutter Life 103: ‘So long!’ Dicky opened the door and shot away like an arrow. | |
![]() | Body in the Library (1959) 143: So long, Dinah. | |
![]() | Musterer on Molesworth 69: ‘So long,’ said I. | |
![]() | Venetian Blonde (2006) 149: ‘Ciao?’ ‘Chow.’ ‘So long.’ ‘So long.’ ‘Goodbye.’. | |
![]() | Faggots 267: ‘So long, Feff.’ This time I’m leaving you. | |
![]() | Skin Tight 252: Took off [...] Gobbled three Darvocets and said so long. | |
![]() | (con. 1950s) Slab Boys [film script] 97: So long, Slab Boys. | |
![]() | Finders Keepers (2016) 158: Hodge flashes a so-long with his lights. |