hello yourself, and see how you like it

English

Etymology

Probably popularised by its occurrence in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876; see quotation).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

hello yourself, and see how you like it

1. (humorous) A response to being greeted with "hello".
   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 64:

     Tom hailed the romantic outcast: “Hello, Huckleberry!” “Hello yourself, and see how you like it.”