Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holy show

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: holy show
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shameful spectacle; a scene.

Example Sentences

"[…] here am I now, in the flower o' my days, […] in this old box pitched up on top of a hill, and shaking to every blast o' wind like a straw upon the waters […] disgracen himself an' all belongen to him. There'll be a holy show med of us with the Wran-boys."

Etymology

Compared by the English Dialect Dictionary to the phrase holy bizen, holy byzont; see bizen.

Inflected Forms

holy shows (plural)

Questions

What does holy show mean?: A shameful spectacle; a scene.
Where does holy show come from?: Compared by the English Dialect Dictionary to the phrase holy bizen, holy byzont; see bizen.

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