Sam Hill

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noun Slang.

hell (used especially in WH-questions as a mild oath expressing exasperation and usually preceded by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you?

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Origin of Sam Hill

1830–40, Americanism;Sam (originally salmon, variant of Sal(o)mon an oath) + hill, euphemism for hell

Words nearby Sam Hill

same-sex, same to you, samey, samfoo, Samhain, Sam Hill, Samhita, Sami, Samian, Samian ware, samiel

How to use Sam Hill in a sentence

One day a neighbor came across Willie hustling like old Sam Hill to reload a wagon of hay which had overturned.
Jiglets|Walter Jones
One afternoon, I heard her giving him a Sam Hill of a blow-up and met him in the hall soon afterward.
Jiglets|Walter Jones
The bear he laughed hearty 'n scratched the ground like Sam Hill, 'n flung the dirt higher'n his head.
Eben Holden|Irving Bacheller
I hope you will get your education as cheap as you can, for it cramps your mother and me like Sam Hill to put up the money.
Remarks|Bill Nye

I do everything not to disturb herand here you crazy young-ones are raising particular Sam Hill out there in that open lot!
The Girls of Central High|Gertrude W. Morrison