Bought a fiddle for eighteen-pence, And all the tunes that he could play, Was "Sally, get out of the donkey's way!" From T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly, volume 2 (1924) : The earliest match of all, however, may be a nonsense name on the model of Humpty-Dumpty. These very early instances suggest that hunky-dunky originated as a nonsense extension of hunky-dory (as "hunky-dunky-dory") that subsequently (but not often) got truncated to just hunky-dunky. "Did I ever tell you about marrying a millionaire-lady, Eb?"
Roderick Dow, Esquire, straightened his spare form. "I'll bet she would!" snickered Tony, with an obscene leer. The musical compositions involved are five: "All This and Heaven Too," "Peek-a-Boo," "I Could Love You Any Time At All," " Hunky-Dunky-Dory," and "Bonita Lolita."Īnd even earlier is Samuel Adams, The Gorgeous Hussy (1934) : The cases may be said to differ only in that the findings established that the extent to which portions of the original compositions were incorporated in the revised productions is substantially smaller here. , our opinion in which has been this day filed and reference to which is suggested for a statement of pertinent facts. Jonathon Green, Chambers Slang Dictionary (2008) has this very brief entry for hunky-dunky: Putting this together, we can conclude that Raj is saying he wishes to obtain the satisfying sensation that excess alcohol might bring.
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In this case, he seems to have jumbled the common expression hunky-dory, described by Free Dictionary as:
His statements are meant to indicate he desires the sensations that drunkenness will bring, so this context should hint that "honky donkey" is something positive that results from inebriation.įurther, the line is also spoken by Raj, a character from India who often mixes American idioms. Penny advocates avoiding excess, while Raj argues he should allow himself to succumb to it. So the background is two characters discussing consumption of alcohol to excess. Raj: Overdo what? Happiness? Freedom? This warm glow inside of me that promises everything is going to be all hunky donkey? Penny: Okay, if you’re going to drink on this date just promise me you won’t overdo it. I located a transcript of the episode and found a little bit of additional surrounding conversation:
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