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Definition of Hell to pay
1. Noun. Dire consequences. "When the pig ran away there was hell to pay"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hell To Pay
Literary usage of Hell to pay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"Intimidation of Jurors — " Hell to Pay." — In People v. Mitchell, 100 Cal.
328, the verdict, convicting the defendant of murder, was set aside upon the ..."
2. A Treatise on the diseases of the nervous system by William Alexander Hammond (1886)
"... oath, " hell to pay ! " which he ejaculated whenever he did not succeed in
making himself understood, and sometimes without any such exciting cause. ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... or some good liberty port along there, with big liberty parties every day,
when word 'd come from Washington tellin' us there was hell to pay over to ..."
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