no siree U.S. colloq.
(nəʊ sɜːˈriː)
Also no sirree.
[f. no adv.3 + sirree.]
No indeed; certainly not. Cf. yes siree.
| 1848 G. F. Ruxton Far West i, No sirre-e; I went out when Spiers lost his animals. 1851 Knickerbocker XXXVIII. 496 ‘Can you take two to Whitlockville by five o'clock?’..No, Siree!’ 1861 G. F. Berkeley Eng. Sportsman ix. 146 To say No sirree-e-e-e-e is to convey the sentence of No you infernal rogue [etc.]. 1883 Wheelman Apr. 2/2 No, sir-e-e, you can't have any of my boats. 1936 J. Dos Passos Big Money (1937) 83 No more of that stuff, nosiree. 1973 J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) 49 The senator wouldn't protect him. No siree. |