HE-double-L

HE-double-L

English

Etymology

"Hell" spelled out.

Noun

HE-double-L (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Hell.
   • 1882, Walter Parke, Lays of the saintly: or, The new golden legend:

     As narrow and close as a coffin, and dark as H E double L.

Usage notes

• May be spelled with varying hyphen usage, spacing, and capitalization.
• L-shaped objects (such as toothpicks or hockey sticks) are sometimes named in place of the letter L.

See also

• HE-double-toothpicks
• HE-double-hockey-sticks