Usually means: Colloquial, affectionate term for boy.
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  1. sonny jim: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Sonny Jim: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sonny Jim: Wiktionary
  4. Sonny Jim: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sonny Jim: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. sonny jim: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (British, informal, dated) A familiar or patronising term of address for a male person, especially during a rebuke or correction.

Similar:
sonny, old boy, Jimmy, boyo, muchacho, jammy, baby boy, sunbeam, so-and-so, silly, more...

Opposite:
daughter, girl, female

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Similar:
sonny, old boy, Jimmy, boyo, muchacho, jammy, baby boy, sunbeam, so-and-so, silly, more...

Opposite:
daughter, girl, female



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