"Billy-be-damned" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22",
          "text": "He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expletive; damn it."
      ],
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        [
          "damn it",
          "damn it#English"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) An expletive; damn it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}

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      "expansion": "Billy-be-damned (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's a Billy-be-damned fool if he thinks that plan will work."
        }
      ],
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        "An expletive; accursed; damned."
      ],
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        [
          "accursed",
          "accursed#English"
        ],
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          "damned",
          "damned#English"
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        "(colloquial) An expletive; accursed; damned."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}

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      "expansion": "Billy-be-damned (uncountable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's as cold as Billy-be-damned out there."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expletive."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) An expletive."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}

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    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson, The Adventures of Firefly, the Tiny Detective, page 22",
          "text": "He whispered to Delilah and—as mad as blazes—the pair stared daggers at me and huffed off. They might hate each other, but Billy-be-damned, they hated me more.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expletive; damn it."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) An expletive; damn it."
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}

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    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's a Billy-be-damned fool if he thinks that plan will work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An expletive; accursed; damned."
      ],
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        [
          "accursed",
          "accursed#English"
        ],
        [
          "damned",
          "damned#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) An expletive; accursed; damned."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}

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    "English interjections",
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    "English uncountable nouns"
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        "English colloquialisms"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's as cold as Billy-be-damned out there."
        }
      ],
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        "An expletive."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) An expletive."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Billy-be-damned"
}