takesie-backsie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of takesies-backsies (“the act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement”).
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Years ago, Mrs. T. Cullen Davis, of tacky Texas murder trial fame, said as her husband tried to grab a fabulous necklace he gave her, "This ain't no takesie-backsie." (You may now take a deep breath while considering the depth of that comment.) I feel that Iraq is also a "no takesie-backsie.""
- "STEPHANOPOULOS: No takesies-backsies? LINCOLN: Yes. STEPHANOPOULOS: Whoa, so you would consider a takesie-backsie?"
- "“Two weeks ago when I asked for an election we had a decent chance of a majority government,” said Trudeau outside Rideau Hall. “But now we’re looking at potential Prime Minister Erin O’Toole. So I have no choice but to ask the GG for a takesie backsie, or as they say in latin ‘ebacks ad sietake.'”"
- "Fine. I’ll do it for the record collection. But I’m going to need that added to the divorce agreement in writing. You’re not getting a takesie-backsie on this one."