hell-fired
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hell-fired
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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Fast-forward through the Obama years — a relatively breezy rest stop on America’s hell-fired highway to Trump Town — and truth became the new RINO.
From Washington Post
"It's them hell-fired wreckers again," was the gritting reply.
From Project Gutenberg
It sure gets you—eighteen shows a day and this hell-fired heat.”
From Project Gutenberg
Since he became pastor in 1936, Adams has more than doubled its membership, introduced a quiet, conversational type of preaching that breaks over hell-fired Southern Baptists like a cool breeze.
From Time Magazine Archive
I don't usually go a-firin' for trout this late o' night, but the truth is that between the hell-fired skeeters and the gals havin' beaux there wasn't much for me to enjoy at home.
From Project Gutenberg
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