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Definition of Billy-ho
1. Noun. An unimaginably large amount. "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'"
Exact synonyms: All Get Out, Billyo, Billyoh
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billy-ho
Literary usage of Billy-ho
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1896)
"In this manner you could go up ' like billy-ho'; but we had settled that, ...
We had gathered that the person of whom he spoke as ' billy-ho' was a much ..."
2. The Howell Primer by Logan Douglass Howell, George A. King (1912)
"Billy, ho!" Billy is running away. He is throwing out the wood. "Ho, Billy!"
shouts George. ..."
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