hell-broth

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She makes hell-broth of galls and toadstools and caterpillars.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur

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

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton

The dog, who still sat watching the hell-broth brewing, saw him hurrying past the door, but he thought to himself, "When I have had something to eat, I will soon catch froggy up."

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

Two centuries ago there was a prescription for scurvy containing "stercoris taurini et anserini par, quantitas trium magnarum nucum," of the hell-broth containing which "guoties-cumque sitit oeger, large bibit."

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Besides, I may come back immegitly, for them mine-owners are cooking a hell-broth for us all.

From Money Magic A Novel by Garland, Hamlin