Meaning of bad cess | Babel Free

Definitions

Bad luck, failure, or evil befalling.

British, Ireland, uncountable

Examples

“...and so says the king to himself, "the divil receave the dhrop of that wine they shall get," says he, "... bad cess to the dhrop," says he, "my big-bellied bishop, to nourish your jolly red nose..."”

“Bad cess to me, but it's too provokin', so it is; — and why couldn't you tell me so at wanst?”

“Bad cess to the villains, but it's themselves that put me into the hobble, the thievin' rogues of the world.”

“Seen it with the ould Canal Company, bad cess to them, and all. People are decent enough in ones and twos, and maybe even threes, but they're worse than a lot of bad-mannered dogs when they band together into a crowd.”

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