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holus-bolus
[ hoh-luhs-boh-luhs ]
adverb
- all at once; altogether.
holus-bolus
/ ˈhəʊləsˈbəʊləs /
adverb
- informal.all at once
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Word History and Origins
Origin of holus-bolus1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of holus-bolus1
C19: pseudo-Latin based on whole bolus; see bolus
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Example Sentences
Holus-bolus, 'sicut examen apum,' ye decamp at the word of a single foe!
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They had just killed the animal, and were roasting it whole, holus-bolus, unskinned and undressed.
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His district was infested with blacks, so he plunged holus-bolus into their private affairs.
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Each train was unloaded as it arrived and its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the wheeled vehicles.
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There was a first-class carr'ge door opin right forninst me, an' into that the gyard crams me holus-bolus.
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