Banaghern.

/ˈbanəɡə/

Etymology: Name of a town in Ireland, which is said to have become proverbial as a ‘rotten borough’.

to beat (or bang) Banagher: to surpass everything. (Cf. bang v.¹ 6.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything

to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275

it passes1549

to cap the climax1804

to take the rag off (the bush)1810

to beat cockfighting1821

to beat (or bang) Banagher1830

to beat the band1890

1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 50 ‘O, by this and by that,’ says he, ‘but that bates Bannagher!’

a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 300 Whose name..in the records of Fame, ‘Beats Banagher’.

1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. vii. 226 That would bang Banaghar.

1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. (at cited word) He beats Banaghan, an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories.

1928 Weekly Disp. 24 June 2 ‘You beat Banagher Pat,’ said Willie, admiringly, ‘and Banagher beat the Divil.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	banagher
释义	Banaghern. /ˈbanəɡə/ Etymology: Name of a town in Ireland, which is said to have become proverbial as a ‘rotten borough’. to beat (or bang) Banagher: to surpass everything. (Cf. bang v.¹ 6.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 it passes1549 to cap the climax1804 to take the rag off (the bush)1810 to beat cockfighting1821 to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat the band1890 1830 W. Carleton Traits & Stories Irish Peasantry I. 50 ‘O, by this and by that,’ says he, ‘but that bates Bannagher!’ a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 300 Whose name..in the records of Fame, ‘Beats Banagher’. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. vii. 226 That would bang Banaghar. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. (at cited word) He beats Banaghan, an Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories. 1928 Weekly Disp. 24 June 2 ‘You beat Banagher Pat,’ said Willie, admiringly, ‘and Banagher beat the Divil.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1830
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