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righto, int.|ˈraɪtəʊ|
Also right-ho, right-o, right-oh.
[f. right a. + ho int.1 5.]
An exclamation expressing agreement with or acquiescence in an opinion, proposal, etc., or compliance with a request. Also as n., an acceptable person, and as v. intr., to acquiesce, agree. Cf. righty-ho int.
1896E. Turner Little Larrikin i. 12 ‘Hurry up now and be a good kid.’ ‘Right-O!’ said Lol cheerfully. 1899Punch 7 June 274/3 Dear Clarence, —Yours to hand. Righto! Announcement sent to Morning Post. Thine, Mabel. 1902C. J. C. Hyne Mr. Horrocks, Purser 52 Do it how you like, only anyway do it. ‘Right-O,’ said the fourth officer. 1905Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 456/2 ‘We will leave Mrs Bergman's name out of the question.’ ‘Right oh’, assented Leonard. 1912Collier's 26 Oct. 16/3 ‘Right-oh,’ said the young man. 1915T. Burke Nights in Town 191 Righto, laddie, righto. I get you. 1916‘Boyd Cable’ Action Front 134 ‘Then if the shells pitch too near we can slip the cable and run for it.’ ‘Right-oh!’ said the captain. 1920Wodehouse Damsel in Distress viii. 110 ‘Give this note to Lady Maud.’ ‘Right-ho.’ 1921Galsworthy To Let i. v. 53 Stable secret! Righto! 1922Joyce Ulysses 420 We two, she said, will seek the kids where shady Mary is. Righto, any old time. 1924F. M. Ford Some do Not i. ii. 44 On Monday I shall telegraph: ‘Righto’ and nothing else. 1930[see go v. 58 d]. 1930Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 267 We'll expect her at nine, then... Righto! 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 41, I had met her when she was taking a holiday at Cannes. We became chummy. I asked her to marry me. She right-hoed. So far, so good. 1937G. Frankau More of Us xi. 120 Thought she like that? He wouldn't put it past her. Righto. Then let her learn which was the master. 1949N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing ix. 212, I never say ‘right-ho’. He'll think I'm demented. 1952Wodehouse Pigs have Wings ii. 56 All set. She right-hoed like a lamb. 1974J. Thomson Long Revenge ix. 106 ‘You're Mr. Finch..?’ Finch replied that he was and Ken replied, ‘Right-oh.’ |