the plague

English

the plague (not comparable)

(dated) Synonym of the hell (“expletive”)
- 1768, Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natur'd Man:
  Money, money, is the matter, madam. We have got no money. What the plague do you send me of your fool's errand for?
- 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC:
  […] and that rancid, raw-boned parson, Gillespie—how the plague did they pick him up?—one of the mutes told Bob 'twas he.

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