What does billy-oh mean?

billy-oh

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

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Dated; Slang; Uncountable

"I bashed my thumb with a hammer, and it hurts like billy-oh."
""For the wooden fence leading up to the bridge had caught fire, and it was burning like billy oh.""
""'You know—if you've ever picked the scab of a sore place. It hurts like billy-oh but it is such fun to see it coming away.'""
""'Our old saw's as blunt as billy-oh! You couldn't cut butter with it!'""

billio (alternative) billy-o (alternative) billyo (alternative)

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