- billyoh
- billyo illyo, billyoh illyoh
.
a large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where
Americans say "it rained like the devil". [British]
Syn: billy-ho. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
billyoh
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billyoh — noun an unimaginably large amount British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like all get out • Syn: ↑billyo, ↑billy ho, ↑all get out • Hypernyms: ↑large indefinite quantity, ↑large indefinite amount … Useful english dictionary
billyo — illyo, billyoh illyoh . a large amount; British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like the devil . [British] Syn: billy ho. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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all get out — noun an unimaginably large amount British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like all get out • Syn: ↑billyo, ↑billyoh, ↑billy ho • Hypernyms: ↑large indefinite quantity, ↑large indefinite amount … Useful english dictionary
billy-ho — noun an unimaginably large amount British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like all get out • Syn: ↑billyo, ↑billyoh, ↑all get out • Hypernyms: ↑large indefinite quantity, ↑large indefinite amount … Useful english dictionary
billyo — noun an unimaginably large amount British say it rained like billyo where Americans say it rained like all get out • Syn: ↑billyoh, ↑billy ho, ↑all get out • Hypernyms: ↑large indefinite quantity, ↑large indefinite amount … Useful english dictionary
large indefinite amount — noun an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude • Syn: ↑large indefinite quantity • Hypernyms: ↑indefinite quantity • Hyponyms: ↑chunk, ↑busload, ↑barrels, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
large indefinite quantity — noun an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude • Syn: ↑large indefinite amount • Hypernyms: ↑indefinite quantity • Hyponyms: ↑chunk, ↑busload, ↑barrels, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
