hell-broth
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Wayland, is this hell-broth of a sulphur stew doin' me?
From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
They are partly heathen, partly Christian; partly classical, partly Teutonic—a strange and unwholesome compound, as ‘thick and slab’ as the hell-broth mixed by the hags on ‘the blasted heath’!
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
This yellow, sinuous beast with hell-broth slavering from its jaws!
From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.
So I looked out for some quiet retired place, where I might be out of reach of my friends, and have leisure to cook up some delectable dish of poetical "hell-broth."
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
At short irregular intervals the hell-broth in the hole seemed as if boiling up.
From Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram
