holus-bolus
all at once; altogether.
Origin of holus-bolus
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How to use holus-bolus in a sentence
holus-bolus, 'sicut examen apum,' ye decamp at the word of a single foe!
The Day of Wrath | Maurus JkaiThey had just killed the animal, and were roasting it whole, holus-bolus, unskinned and undressed.
Spinifex and Sand | David W CarnegieHis district was infested with blacks, so he plunged holus-bolus into their private affairs.
A Crime of the Under-seas | Guy BoothbyEach train was unloaded as it arrived and its contents thrown holus-bolus into one of the holds, except for the wheeled vehicles.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry | D. D. OgilvieThere was a first-class carr'ge door opin right forninst me, an' into that the gyard crams me holus-bolus.
Martin Hewitt, Investigator | Arthur Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for holus-bolus
/ (ˈhəʊləsˈbəʊləs) /
informal all at once
Origin of holus-bolus
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