sonny Jim
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Sunny Jim.
Noun edit
sonny Jim (plural sonny Jims)
- (British, informal, dated) A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.
- 1978, Hugh Leonard, Da: A Comedy in Two Acts:
- Don't get uppish with me, sonny Jim: you're as dead as he is.