sonny Jim

noun

noun

Etymology Probably from Sunny Jim.

UK, Dated, Informal A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.1978, Hugh Leonard, Da: A Comedy in Two Acts:

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