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Definition of 'okeh'

English

Interjection

(en-interj)
  • :* {{quote-book |year=1918 |year_published= |edition=Reprint |editor= |author= |title=The Clothier and Furnisher, Volume 93 |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher= |isbn= |page=87 |passage="Look it up in the latest dictionary," suggested the President. And here is part of what was found: O.K.—a humorous or ignorant spelling of should be "okeh ," from the Choctaw language meaning, "It is so" ...}} :* {{quote-book |year=1919 |year_published=2011 |edition=Reprint |editor= |author= |title=Journal of the American Bankers Association: Volume 11 |chapter= citation |genre= |publisher=University of Minnesota |isbn= |page=631 |passage="Once the public knows that all 'good' securities must be 'okehed'' by a state official of the state wherein they are offered to the public, and the '''''okeh verified by a local banker, …}} :* {{quote-book |year=1921 |year_published=2006 |edition=Reprint |editor= |author=Joseph P. Tumulty |title=Woodrow Wilson as I know Him |chapter=Chapter XIV, Wilson and the Old Guard citation |genre= |publisher=Echo Library |isbn=9781406811315 |page=67 |passage= … how deeply the progressive element in the Democratic party throughout the country might misunderstand and even resent his putting his "okeh " on the candidacy of the Illinois leader for the senatorship, …}} :* {{quote-book |year=1967 |year_published=1979 |edition=Reprint |editor= |author=James Jones |title=Go to the Widowmaker |chapter= |url= |genre=Fiction |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780440129424 |page= |passage="Well, since Ron ain't goin, why don't you come on and go along with us two, Susie?" / "Okeh ," Susie grinned. "Why not?"}}

    References

    * Grammar of the Choctaw language, ed. by D. G. Brinton, 1870, p20, okeh * {{cite web | last =Fay | first =Jim, Ph.D. | authorlink = | coauthors = | date = 2009-06-16 | year = Revised | month = | url =http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm | title =The Choctaw Expression "Okeh" and the Americanism "Okay" | format =HTML | work = | pages = | publisher = | language =English | accessdate =2012-01-16 | accessyear = }}

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