ALL RIGHT
ADJECTIVES
► ALL CALLY-O all right → 1945 Amer. nautical sl.
► ALL-HEELED all right, well provided for → 1908 Amer. dial.
► ALL TO THE MUSTARD all right; okay → 1905 US sl.
► CAKE-O all right, correct, safe, suitable, what is required, comfortable → 2001 UK back-slang for ‘OK’
► ISLE OF WIGHT all right → 20C rhyming sl.
► RIDGY-DIDGE all right, okay → 1953 Aust. sl.
► SAFE all right; used as an expression of approval or agreement → 1981 S. Afr. sl.
► SKEWGEE ► SKEWVEE ► SKRUGEE ► SQUEACHY ► SQUEEGEE all right, fine, correct, as it should be → 1892 Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
► ALL A-HUNKY all right → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ALLERICKSTIX all right → 1890 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► A-IGHT all right → 1990 African-American & students’ sl.
► ALL CUSH all right, okay, without problems → 1988 Aust. sl.
► CHICKEN IN THE YARD all right → 1969 Amer. dial.
► EVERYTHING’S ALL SIR GARNET everything is all right, doing well → 1988 Aust. sl.
► EVERYTHING’S JAKE everything is all right → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHT AS A RIBBON all right → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHE’LL BE APPLES it will be all right → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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