tinkety-tonk

English

Interjection

tinkety-tonk

1. (colloquial, dated) Goodbye.
   • 1927, P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor:

     "On the roof. Right! Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment," said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.

   • 2012, Rachel Johnson, Winter Games:

     I'm so pleased you're coming.
     Tinkety tonk
     Daph
     PS No wild oats yet

2. The tinkling sound of light piano music.
   • 2008, Elizabeth Laird, Paradise End, page 139:

     There goes the piano, tinkety-tonk, and there don't go my feet.

   • 2021, Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life:

     […] the main tinkety-tonk piano theme tune to the St. Trinian's films […]

See also

• honky-tonk