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yours truly

phrase

Etymology

Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".

Definitions

  1. Used to close a note or letter.

    • Please write back soon! Yours truly, Alice.

  2. I, me, or myself.

    • This one was created by yours truly.
    • Miss Lydgate, Miss de Vine, little Chilperic and yours truly were bridesmaids, with the Warden to give the bride away.
    • Nobody in Africa, but yours truly, can get a good head of steam on the old African Queen.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yours truly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA