what the goodyear
what the goodyear phrase: an expression of annoyance, impatience or surprise, equivalent to what the devil!
Phrase
what the goodyear
- An expression of annoyance, impatience or surprise, equivalent to what the devil!
- Sir John! Codſo! Let me have you do it inſtantly--What the goodyear.1768, Charles JOHNSON (Dramatic Writer.), Louis Du Guernier, The Country Lasses, Etc. [With a Plate by Louis Du Guernier.], page 41
- Host. On my word, captain, there's none such here. What the goodyear! do you think I would deny her?1842, William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier, The Works - The Text Formed from an Entirely New Collation of the Old Editions: with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, and a History of...
Origin of what the goodyear
See goodyear.
Questions about what the goodyear
- What does what the goodyear mean?
- What the goodyear means an expression of annoyance, impatience or surprise, equivalent to what the devil!
- What part of speech is what the goodyear?
- What the goodyear is a phrase.
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