philliloo
philliloo noun: a row or disturbance.
Noun
philliloo (plural philliloos)
- A row or disturbance.
- They talk, they laugh, they dance, they make a row — / Kick up a philliloo.1842, Joseph Thomas J. Hewlett, Poetry for the Million, page 31
- “[A]n' puss was miowin' fur the dear life, an' slappin' her tail backwards an' forwards, which whin it id hit agin the dog's chaps, he'd snap at it an' bite it, an' thin there was the philliloo.”1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 525
Examples of philliloo in a sentence
- And iver since thin, on that day, / They kill him agin that same way, / Wid shticks and wid shtones, / Philliloos and loud groans, / In short, there's the divil to pay.1874, Joseph Barnard, Among the gods, and other poems, page 101:
- Dubious as this charge sounded, it added to the general philliloo.1968, Helen Lawrenson, Latins are Still Lousy Lovers, page 69:
Forms of philliloo
| plural | philliloos |
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Questions about philliloo
- What does philliloo mean?
- Philliloo means a row or disturbance.
- How do you use philliloo in a sentence?
- And iver since thin, on that day, / They kill him agin that same way, / Wid shticks and wid shtones, / Philliloos and loud groans, / In short, there's the divil to pay.
- What part of speech is philliloo?
- Philliloo is a noun.
- What is the plural of philliloo?
- The plural of philliloo is philliloos.
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