THOROUGHGOING
ADJECTIVES
► ALL-TO-PIECES thoroughgoing; excessive → 1856 Amer. dial.
► CARD-CARRYING genuine; thoroughgoing → 1963 US jocular usage
► FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through → 1896 Amer. dial.
► FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL of the most thoroughgoing or experienced sort; through and through → 1889 Amer. dial.
► OUT-AND-OUT complete, thoroughgoing, unqualified → E19
► PUREDEE thoroughgoing, out-and-out, complete, real → 1912 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-DOWN absolute, complete, thoroughgoing; also, simple, straightforward → 1586
► SAIR serious, considerable, sad, thoroughgoing → 1776 Sc.
► THOROUGH-STITCH thoroughgoing; out-and-out → c1685 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TWENTY-FOUR CARAT thoroughgoing, unalloyed out-and-out → 1900 colloq.
► TWENTY-TWO CARAT thoroughgoing, unalloyed out-and-out → 1962 colloq.
ADVERBS
► LIKE OLD BOOTS vigorously, in a thoroughgoing way → 1865 sl.
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