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Definition of Helluva
1. disagreeable [adj] - See also: disagreeable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helluva
Literary usage of Helluva
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1919)
"Say, kiddie, it's a helluva dad you 've drawn! A helluva dad! Look at him —
standin' there! Greasy an' yellow an'— Say — he's willin' to sell yer into ..."
2. A Different Sin by Rochelle H. Schwab (1993)
"We coulda pressed on a helluva lot further. This ain't no place for a fight."
"How do you mean?" David asked. "Use your head, David! ..."
3. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
"And as for Pell — LOPEZ — It shall cost me planty money. I could "ave tooken you
wiz me for ransome — helluva big ransome — a million dollar. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"helluva place it'd be if you said white folks lied and niggers told the truth.'
'But you said he worked for her,' Joe went on. 'You said she was mean and ..."
5. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"_^- Carnival ' «* wj While St. Thomas' Carnival can't match the magic and excitement
of Rio's, everyone has a helluva good time. Calypso is king here, ..."
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