yours truly en · PRON
Pronunciation
Etymology
Recorded in the late 1700s as a closing in a letter. Since the mid-1800s for "I", "me", or "myself".
Meanings
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(humorous, idiomatic, informal) I, me, or myself.
Miss Lydgate, Miss de Vine, little Chilperic and yours truly were bridesmaids, with the Warden to give the bride away.
1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:This one was created by yours truly.
Nobody in Africa, but yours truly, can get a good head of steam on the old African Queen.
1951, C.S. Forester (novel), James Agee (screenplay), The African Queen, spoken by Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart):Vera introduced us, and Boris was interested to hear I was a masseur. He mentioned that he had gotten a massage several times a week when he was in Hollywood—so, before you could say “Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt,” yours truly offered the man who had made more people shiver and shake than any man alive a massage on the house.
1972 August 2, Arthur Mason, “Ol’ Magic Fingers: Karloff Was ‘Nicest Gent of Them All’”, in Oregon Journal, Portland, Ore., →OCLC, section 2 (Home and Family), page 1, column 2:
Deriveds
Translations (17)
fi allekirjoittanut ((idiomatic) me or I) · fr votre humble serviteur ((idiomatic) me or I) · nb undertegnede ((idiomatic) me or I) · de meine Wenigkeit ((idiomatic) me or I) · it me medesimo ((idiomatic) me or I) · ru ваш поко́рный слуга́ ((idiomatic) me or I) · hu szerény személyem ((idiomatic) me or I) · sv undertecknad ((idiomatic) me or I) · nl ondergetekende ((idiomatic) me or I) · fr votre serviteur ((idiomatic) me or I) · hu jómagam ((idiomatic) me or I) · es menda ((idiomatic) me or I) · tr bendeniz ((idiomatic) me or I) · da undertegnet ((idiomatic) me or I) · hu csekélységem ((idiomatic) me or I) · es una servidora ((idiomatic) me or I) · es un servidor ((idiomatic) me or I)