"in Heaven's name" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. Alternative letter-case form of in heaven's name. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: in heaven's name
    Sense id: en-in_Heaven's_name-en-prep_phrase-xNapnWXY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How a Gentleman Paid a Visit at the Brass Castle, and There Read a Paragraph in an Old Newspaper”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 21:",
          "text": "“Why, thus I mean it. He thinks he sees him; but, if he does, upon my honour, he sees a ghost,” and Dangerfield chuckled merrily. / “Pray, Mr. Dangerfield, consider me, and be serious, and in Heaven’s name explain,” said Mervyn, speaking, evidently, in suppressed anguish.",
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          "ref": "1951, Philip Loraine [pseudonym; Robin Estridge], “Officer, Gentleman . . . and Fox”, in The Break in the Circle, New York, N.Y.: The M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co., part II (Semi-Circle), page 145:",
          "text": "“I’ve got a woman,” he said, and even to himself he sounded surprised. / “Then what in Heaven’s name are you playing at crime for?”",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 141:",
          "text": "Who in Heaven’s name was Dr Mama? And why would she need to meet with him?",
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