thanks a million
English edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of "thank you a million times"
Interjection edit
- (informal) thank you, intensified.
- 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 186:
- Smith taking leave gently on the grey porch. With a thanks a million. One is enough stranger. And stepping down three steps to the hard path underneath the three great trees at the fork of this road. Turning to look back. The shadow standing in the light of the hall, gun at port arms.
Translations edit
thanks a great many times
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See also edit
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.