单词 | Banagher |
释义 | Banagher|ˈbænəgə(r)| [Name of a town in Ireland, which is said to have become proverbial as a ‘rotten borough’.] Phr. to beat (or bang) Banagher: to surpass everything. (Cf. bang v. 6.)
1830W. Carleton Traits & Stories I. 50 ‘O, by this and by that,’ says he, ‘but that bates Bannagher!’ a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. (1847) Ser. iii. 300 House-warming, Whose name..in the records of fame..beats Banagher. 1855T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. vii. 226 That would bang Banaghar. 1890Farmer Slang s.v., He beats Banaghan, an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories. 1928Weekly Disp. 24 June 2 ‘You beat Banagher Pat,’ said Willie, admiringly, ‘and Banagher beat the Divil.’ |

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