hell-broth

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It was incredible that this hell-broth was Church Cove.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton

Its springs are far between, and, without a single exception, mere receptacles of a salt, potash, and sulphur hell-broth, which no man would drink, save in extremis.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

There was a pretty hell-broth brewing in the little town.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

I went down into the same hell-broth of sweat and confusion.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John

The Allies are not prepared to intervene in force; they cannot leave Russia to stew in Her own hell-broth.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 19, 1919 by Various