Meanings
adverbthe plague (not comparable)
- datednot comparableSynonym of the hell (“expletive”).
Money, money, is the matter, madam. We have got no money. What the plague do you send me of your fool's errand for?
1768, Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natur'd Man1 more example
[…] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 33Synonyms: the hell
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of the hell (“expletive”).
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