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bad place, the

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noun

Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. hell.


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The pessimist is convinced that the world is a bad place, the optimist is sure that it can be good.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Patrick Braybrooke

She wouldn't know me, and Mrs. Joel says strangers kind of excite her—a pretty bad place the hotel would be for her at that rate, I should think.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

"Reckon we must have struck a bad place," the latter remarked, as they all lounged around the cheery fire after supper had been finished.

From In Camp on the Big Sunflower by Lawrence J. Leslie

It is a bad place, the Col des Nantillons; it is not a quick way or a good way to anywhere, and it is very dangerous.

From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

We call a very bad place the nursery of thieves and rogues.

From The Christian Home by Samuel Philips

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