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词组 buggery
释义 buggery
noun
hell UK, 1898
A substitute for “hell” in strong phrases of rejection, ruination and disapproval. Used in phrases such as “like buggery” (vigorously: 1937), “go to buggery!” (go away!: 1966) or “is it buggery!” (not likely!: 1984).▶ to buggery; all to buggery
in a state of ruination or destruction UK, 1923
  • I think that our sort–the slow sort–learns from failure (my novel is all to buggery). — Philip Larkin, (in a letter to JB Sutton), 26 January 1950
will I buggery!
used as an expression of strong disagreement UK, 1961
Often applied in the third person: “will he buggery!”, “will they buggery!”.
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