son n Cp O Sup2 ~ sb1 3 b 'term of familiar address' (1914- ) for sense 1.
1 Phr my son.
[1785] 1955 GARDNER 35 When in good temper [the father of our mess] would say 'My son,'...when he addressed any of us. 1905 Adelphian ii, p. 126 'Be good to yourself me son.' 1924 Deep Sea Fishers xxi (4), 139 My son--Common appellation for a man of any age. A lad under ten will address a man of sixty as, 'my son.' 1987 FIZZARD 193 'She said, "Yes, my son," she said, "He was born in Grand Bank. I knows he and I knows his family".'
2 1985 A Yaffle of Yarns 4 [We admired] the way he could 'handle' the concertina... My buddy Wallace Verge used to say, 'My son, he can make 'er talk.'
