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holus-bolus

American  
[hoh-luhs-boh-luhs] / ˈhoʊ ləsˈboʊ ləs /

adverb

  1. all at once; altogether.

holus-bolus British  
/ ˈhəʊləsˈbəʊləs /

adverb

  1. informal all at once

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Etymology

Origin of holus-bolus

First recorded in 1840–50; mock-Latin rhyming compound based on the phrase whole bolus, or possibly a Latinization of Greek hólos bôlos “whole lump, clod of earth, nugget”; see origin at whole, bolus

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