what cheer

what cheer

archaic A friendly greeting, roughly equivalent to "How are you?" What cheer, young Master Swinton? Faith, thou wert a mite smaller when last I beheld thee!
See also: cheer, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • wotcher
  • wotcha
  • a thou
  • thou
  • a mite
  • widow's mite
  • a widow's mite
  • mite
  • felicitation
  • Greetings and felicitations!