"like buggery" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} like buggery
  1. (chiefly UK, slang, vulgar) Like hell. Tags: UK, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-like_buggery-en-prep_phrase-Fn9OIHSL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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