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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Billy-be-damned en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, not-comparable) An expletive; accursed; damned.
    • He's a Billy-be-damned fool if he thinks that plan will work.

Billy-be-damned en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) An expletive; damn it.
    • He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more. 2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22:

Billy-be-damned en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) An expletive.
    • It's as cold as Billy-be-damned out there.