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hell's bells

hell's bells
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Definitions of hell's bells words

  • interjection hell's bells surprise 1
  • interjection hell's bells (mildly blasphemous) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration. 0

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Origin of hell's bells

First appearance:

before 1910
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Hell's bells

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hell's bells popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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