pleased as punch

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pleased as punch (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of pleased as Punch
    • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ [] Tipografia Giuntina, []], →OCLC; republished as Lady Chatterley’s Lover (eBook no. 0100181h.html)‎[1], Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, August 2011, archived from the original on 11 November 2020:
      Those other "pure" women had nearly taken all the balls out of me, but she was all right that way. She wanted me, and made no bones about it. And I was as pleased as punch. That was what I wanted: a woman who wanted me to fuck her. So I fucked her like a good un.