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billy-oh

noun

Definitions

  1. The greatest extent or degree of something

    The greatest extent or degree of something; used in comparisons to indicate a superlative.

    • I bashed my thumb with a hammer, and it hurts like billy-oh.
    • "For the wooden fence leading up to the bridge had caught fire, and it was burning like billy oh."
    • "'You know—if you've ever picked the scab of a sore place. It hurts like billy-oh but it is such fun to see it coming away.'"

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA