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holus-bolus (iou)



holus-bolus adverb. Orig. dial. M19.
[Origin uncertain: pseudo-L for 'whole bolus' or joc. repr. assumed Greek holos bolos whole lump (see BOLUS).]
All in a lump, altogether.
Times An insurance company can be swallowed holus-bolus like a sprat by a hungry predator.