Meanings
nounHE-double-L (uncountable)
- euphemisticidiomaticuncountableHell.
As narrow and close as a coffin, and dark as H E double L.
1882, Walter Parke, Lays of the saintly: or, The new golden legend
Origin
"Hell" spelled out.
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HE-double-L. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HE-double-L
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