you rang

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A servant's response to a bell being rung as a summons. Originated with Maynard G. Krebs in the television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; then popularized by the character Lurch in the American TV series The Addams Family.

Interjection[edit]

you rang?

  1. Asks what the summoner desires.