HOLUS-BOLUS


Meaning of HOLUS-BOLUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhō-ləs-ˈbō-ləs ]

adverb

Etymology: probably reduplication of bolus

Date: 1857

: all at once

she…put it back, holus-bolus , in her pocket — Wilkie Collins

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