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ballyhoo of blazes Naut. slang.
Also ballyhoo.
[Etym. of first element uncertain, but perh. same word as ballahou (see Amer. Speech (1945) XX. 184 ff.).]
Sailors' term of contempt for a vessel which they dislike for any reason.
1836Knickerbocker Aug. 203 Jack Marlinspike..couldn't get a situation afore the mast of a Ballyhoo coasting-brig. 1847H. Melville Omoo lxxvi. 295 Steer clear of the likes of this ballyhoo of blazes as long as ye live. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. iii. 69 Tom Platt, this bally-hoo's not the Ohio. Ibid. ix. 205 Oh, ef it had bin even the Fish C'mmission boat instid o' this bally-hoo o'blazes. 1929F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 6 Ballyhoo of blazes..the last word of contempt for a slovenly ship. |