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the plague

the plague adverb: synonym of the hell (“expletive”).

Adverb

the plague (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Synonym of the hell (“expletive”).
    • Money, money, is the matter, madam. We have got no money. What the plague do you send me of your fool's errand for?1768, Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natur'd Man
    • […] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob it was he.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 33
    Synonyms:
    the hell

Synonyms of the plague

Questions about the plague

What does the plague mean?
The plague means synonym of the hell (“expletive”).
What part of speech is the plague?
The plague is an adverb.

Words near the plague in the dictionary

  1. The Pinnacles
  2. the Pips
  3. the piss out of
  4. the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
  5. the pits
  6. the plague
  7. the pleasure is all mine
  8. the plot thickens
  9. the plural of anecdote is not data
  10. the pock
  11. The Pocket

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