Might be an abbreviated form of

***king hell

hyphenized into an adjective.


On 12/5/22 2:56 PM, Scott Carledge wrote:
> Perri O'Shaughnessy in Dreams of the Dead has the sentence, "She was a
> king-hell high-school date...." in describing a mother with children.
> I normally pickup on slang expressions--even on those from NV; however, I
> have never heard--or read--such an expression.  I chose to ask on-line
> before I contacted the author.   My much-younger well-read wife is equally
> puzzled.
>
> Scott Catledge
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