"Sam Hill" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "No suitable person is known to be the original for this. Probably intended as a substitute for hell or, more fully, for \"damned hell\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sam Hell",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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          "name": "English minced oaths",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What the Sam Hill do you think you're doing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Who the Sam Hill does he think he is?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Where in Sam Hill is that dog off to?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 3, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He probably would have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 21, Grace Parra Janney, “Something Borrowed, Something Green” (9:13 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid):",
          "text": "“Oh, what in the Sam Hill are you a-wearing? I thought I was supposed to be Twain.” “I say you are incorrect, sir. I believe we decided I would be Twain.” “Twin Twains? That dog won't hunt.” “Uh, Mr. Clemens?” “Mmhmm. That's me.” “No, I'm Twain. Switch costumes, you ignominious pretender.” “You're more stubborn than a senate mule.” “Grits, grits, grits!” “Tarnation!” “Fancy pants, big-city lawyer.” “I say you are incorrect, sir.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intensifier."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An intensifier."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "the dickens"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Sam Hill (euphemism)"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "Sam Hill"
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{
  "etymology_text": "No suitable person is known to be the original for this. Probably intended as a substitute for hell or, more fully, for \"damned hell\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sam Hell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English intensifiers",
        "English lemmas",
        "English minced oaths",
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        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What the Sam Hill do you think you're doing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Who the Sam Hill does he think he is?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Where in Sam Hill is that dog off to?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 3, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Walter poured syrup on his vegetables and meat with a generous hand. He probably would have poured it into his milk glass had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 September 21, Grace Parra Janney, “Something Borrowed, Something Green” (9:13 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid):",
          "text": "“Oh, what in the Sam Hill are you a-wearing? I thought I was supposed to be Twain.” “I say you are incorrect, sir. I believe we decided I would be Twain.” “Twin Twains? That dog won't hunt.” “Uh, Mr. Clemens?” “Mmhmm. That's me.” “No, I'm Twain. Switch costumes, you ignominious pretender.” “You're more stubborn than a senate mule.” “Grits, grits, grits!” “Tarnation!” “Fancy pants, big-city lawyer.” “I say you are incorrect, sir.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An intensifier."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An intensifier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Sam Hill (euphemism)"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "the dickens"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sam Hill"
}