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Sam Hill N. Amer. slang.|sæm hɪl|
Also sam hill, samhill.
[Orig. unknown.]
A euphemism for hell; used especially in expressions of impatience or irritation preceded by in or the with an interrogative word.
1839Havana (N.Y.) Republican 21 Aug. 1/4 What in sam hill is that feller ballin' about? 1868J. T. Trowbridge Three Scouts vi. 26 When you might a'married!—why in Sam Hill didn't ye, then? 1894‘Mark Twain’ in St. Nicholas Jan. 257/2 Hateful people..giving me Sam Hill because I shirked. 1909N.Y. Even. Post. 10 Apr. (Sat. Suppl.) 3/5 How in Sam Hill can she do it? She's just as hot when she gets to bilin' p'int as she'll ever be. 1918M. E. Freeman Edgewater People 314 What in Sam Hill made you treat him so durned mean fur? 1927W. R. James Cow Country 77 What the Sam Hill do you think we are out here, servants? 1948Salt Lake Tribune 18 Dec. 10/7 He wondered who the Sam Hill the ‘senator’ was. 1962H. Green Time to pass Over xii. 147 Why in the samhill didn't you step in and stop them, Mike. 1973B. Broadfoot Ten Lost Years xxiii. 262 He probably never could have figured what the Sam Hill was going on. |