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sam hill
sam hill also Sam Hill S0054500 (săm′ hĭl′)n. Slang Used as an intensive: What in sam hill is going on?
[Ultimately alteration of hell.]Sam′ Hill′
n. Slang. hell (used as a mild oath and usu. prec. by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you? [1830–40, Amer.; Sam (orig. salmon, variant of Sal(o)mon an oath) + hill, euphemism for hell] Sam Hill
Sam Hilleuphemism Hell. Usually used for emphasis, almost exclusively in the phrase "what in (the) Sam Hill." What in Sam Hill are you kids doing in here? You're going to wake the whole neighborhood! What in the Sam Hill made you decide to fight one of your classmates?See also: hill, SAM |