mercy buckets en · X
Etymology
A jocular malapropism (or phono-semantic matching) of French merci beaucoup (“thanks a lot”); influenced by buckets of (“lots of”).
Meanings
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(humorous) Thanks very much.
1929 "Franklin W. Dixon" (Penguin, →ISBN) Hardy Boys 7: The Secret of the Caves, Chapter 16, p.89: "Well, anyhow, thanks a lot, Mr. Dumont," he added. "Mercy buckets, as you French say."
2008 Jonathan Nasaw (Simon and Schuster, →ISBN) Fear Itself p.187: "Mercy buckets—a pleasure doing business with you, dude."
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| merci buckets | alternative | lexicographic |