单词 | to buggery |
释义 | > as lemmasto buggery P1. to buggery: to a state of ruin or utter confusion. Also in go to buggery!: go to hell! ΚΠ 1880 Documents City Boston 1879 I. App. 17 We laid out to stop the horse with picks, and he said, ‘Clear out,’ and we let him go to buggery. c1890 My Secret Life VI. vii. 150 Go to Hell and buggery, go and shit yourself, I don't care a bloody fart where you go to. 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 74 All to buggery, foutu. 1929 F. Manning Middle Parts of Fortune I. iii. 39 I saw 'im, sir; 'e were just blown to buggery. 1939 D. Thomas Let. Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 228 Old stories mostly, but cut and pruned to buggery or sense. 1986 D. Potter Singing Detective i. 10 By the time we get it, the tea's either cold or stewed to buggery. 2013 T. Keneally Shame & Captives xxxiv. 328 ‘Go to buggery!’ Beefy called at them. < as lemmas |
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