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Definition of
sonny noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sonny
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈsʌni
/
/
[
singular
]
(
old-fashioned
)
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a word used by an older person to address a young man or boy
Don't try and teach me my job, sonny.
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sonny
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