Bob: See you later, alligator. Jane: After while, crocodile.
•Bob: Bye, Tom. Tom: See you later, alligator. Bob: Later.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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See you later, alligator. — interj. Good bye. (From the 1930s. Answered with After a while, crocodile.) □ TOM: Bye. BILL: See you later, alligator. □ BILL: See you later, alligator. TOM: After a while, crocodile … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
See you later, alligator — int Good bye. See you later, alligator. (After while, crocodile.). 1950s … Historical dictionary of American slang
alligator — (n.) 1560s, lagarto (modern form attested from 1620s, with excrescent r as in tater, feller, etc.), a corruption of Sp. el lagarto (de Indias) the lizard (of the Indies), from L. lacertus (see LIZARD (Cf. lizard)). Alligarter was an early variant … Etymology dictionary
Alligator — Al|li|ga|tor 〈m. 23; Zool.〉 Angehöriger einer Familie der Krokodile mit verhältnismäßig kurzer Schnauze: Alligatoridae [<span. el lagarto „die Eidechse“ <lat. lacerta „Eidechse“] * * * Al|li|ga|tor, der; s, …oren [engl. alligator < span … Universal-Lexikon
alligator — This vocative occurs almost exclusively as part of the phrase ‘See you later, alligator.’ That expression became popular in the 1930s, when an ‘alligator’ in American slang was a devotee of jive and swing music. The New Dictionary of… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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Alligator Snapping Turtle — Taxobox name = Alligator Snapping Turtle status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Chelydridae genus = Macrochelys species = M. temminckii binomial … Wikipedia
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alligator — /al i gay teuhr/, n. 1. either of two broad snouted crocodilians of the genus Alligator, of the southeastern U.S. and eastern China. 2. (loosely) any broad snouted crocodilian, as a caiman. 3. Metall. a machine for bringing the balls of iron from … Universalium
