Billy-be-damned

English

Interjection

Billy-be-damned

  1. (colloquial) An expletive; damn it.
    • 2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22:
      He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more.

Adjective

Billy-be-damned (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) An expletive; accursed; damned.
    He's a Billy-be-damned fool if he thinks that plan will work.

Noun

Billy-be-damned (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) An expletive.
    It's as cold as Billy-be-damned out there.
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