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Billy-ho

Definition: Billy-ho

Billy-ho

Noun

1. An unimaginably large amount; British say "it rained like billyo" where Americans say "it rained like all get out".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Billy-ho

Synonyms: all get out (n), billyo (n), billyoh (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Billy-ho

Language Translations for "billy-ho"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

chỉ dùng trong thà nh ngữ $like billy-o (billy-o). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Billy-ho

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-h-i-l-l-o-y"

-1 letter: holily.

-2 letters: billy, hillo, hilly, holly.

-3 letters: bill, boil, boll, hill, holy, illy, lily, oily, yill.

-4 letters: bio, boy, hob, hoy, ill, lib, lob, obi, oil, yob.

-5 letters: bi, bo, by, hi, ho, li, lo, oh, oy, yo.

 Words containing the letters "b-h-i-l-l-o-y"
 

+2 letters: blotchily.

 

+4 letters: ballyhooing, bibliophily, bronchially.

 

+5 letters: behaviorally, blithesomely, hyperbolical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Billy-ho


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 69 6C 6C 79 2D 68 6F

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00101101 01101000 01101111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#121 &#45 &#104 &#111

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0069 006C 006C 0079 002D 0068 006F

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3675787891157481

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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