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Originally Posted by Mister Bent
What in the Sam Hill?!
Sam Hill is an American English slang phrase, a euphemism or minced oath for "the devil" or "hell" personified (as in, "What in the Sam Hill is that?"). Etymologist Michael Quinion and others date the expression back to the late 1830s
(Wikipedia)
Criminy!
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My grandmother always said "Cr ominy!" (usually followed by someone's name). Close, but distinctly different.
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