"HE-double-toothpicks" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: The word "hell" spelled out, referring to the fact that a lowercase "l" resmebles a toothpick. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=HE-double-toothpicks}} HE-double-toothpicks (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Hell. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable Related terms: HE-double-hockey-sticks
    Sense id: en-HE-double-toothpicks-en-noun-Nevjodl~ Categories (other): English abbreviated euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms

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          "ref": "1982, Peter W. Davis, Hometown",
          "text": "Yet you try it out and the gimpy ones will scream H-E double toothpicks about Social Security in their golden years, which I want to tell them I need some security right now or I'm not going to have any golden years.",
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          "ref": "1999, Chip Ward, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West",
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