tradesies

English

Etymology

From trade +‎ -sies.

Noun

tradesies pl (plural only)

1. (childish) Trades/trading.
   • 1964 August 28, Jane Howard, “Secretary’s Guide to Sex at High Noon: Sex and the Office by Helen Gurley Brown (Bernard Geis Associates) $4.95”, in Life, page 8:

     But such tricks are inconsequential alongside the boundless and varied delights of the lunch hour. These range from the simple fun of “doing tradesies” (you give me your brown paper bag lunch, I’ll give you mine, we’ll both be surprised), to the more grownup game of business lunch dates with men which, Mrs. Brown crows, are “sex at high noon!”

   • 2005, Lynne Kaufman, Taking Flight, MIRA, →ISBN, page 191:

     Then quickly, not giving him a chance to answer, she leavened it, using the language of long-past childhood games. “You mean for keeps. No backsies. No tradesies. No do-overs.”

   • 2011, Chris McMahen, Box of Shocks, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 72:

     At first, I tried to trade for someone more normal, but Mr. Martins said, “No tradesies! In real life, you’ve got to work with who you’re stuck with. So suck it up and get to work!”

   • 2013, Annie Tipton, Diary of a Real Payne: True Story, Barbour Publishing, →ISBN:

     “Tradesies?” Macy smiled and held up her small bottle of strawberry milk, pointing it at EJ’s juice box. “Yeah, totally!” EJ smiled, and the girls swapped drinks.

   • 2018, Auralee Wallace, Haunted Hayride with Murder: An Otter Lake Mystery, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:

     I held up my basket to Freddie. “I’ll trade you this for your ax?” “No tradesies,” he said.

   • 2020, LJT, Bitter Herbs, ANTIBOOKCLUB, →ISBN:

     “Will you please rub my shoulders? My neck is killing me from carrying around that stupid bag. I'll rub yours, too, if you want.” Emerson smiled. “Of course. And yes, tradesies.”

   • 2020, Josh Berk, Saundra Mitchell, Camp Murderface, Harper, →ISBN:

     “So, like I said, you’re Oak Camp, Cabin Group A. No tradesies, no takesy-backsies, no transfers. Learn it, love it, get used to it!”

   • 2021, Darcie Little Badger, A Snake Falls to Earth, Levine Querido, →ISBN, page 73:

     I was going to beg them to stay where they were, ’cause we didn't have time for tradesies, but in one fluid routine, Risk tossed the paddle in the air and rolled to the center of the raft, while Reign took a long stride and caught the paddle before it could land in the lake. The whole exchange happened in a heartbeat.

   • 2021, Stephen B. Pearl, Freedom’s Law, Brain Lag Publishing, →ISBN:

     “Pastrami on whole wheat, again. What do you have?” Greg laid his handheld on the grass and opened his briefcase, extracting a sandwich. “Peanut butter and jelly.” “What type of jelly?” “I don’t know. It’ss red.” “Tradesies?” “With pleassure. I have got to make time to do the sshopping, but with the editing and ssorting the data from the Sswitchboard Sstation…”

   • 2022, Cat Wynn, Partner Track, Carina Press, →ISBN:

     “You want some of my ginger ale?” She held up the clear plastic cup. “Tradesies for that bag of pretzels.”