Billy-ho (Noun)
Meaning
An unimaginably large amount; "British say `it rained like billyo' where Americans say `it rained like all get out'".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- It snowed like billy-ho over the weekend and we had to shovel our driveway three times.
- I'm not surprised they got engaged after meeting like billy-ho people at the party.
- There were like billy-ho kids running around at the park on a sunny Saturday.
- He had billy-ho papers to grade by the end of the semester.
- I'm reading this novel that's like billy-ho pages long, but it's so good.