Meaning of hell west and crooked | Babel Free

Definitions

All over the place; every which way.

Australia, US, not-comparable

Examples

“When he and Bob knocked Steelman′s plans hell west and crooked after that yellow skunk George Doble betrayed me to Brad, the boy lost his boots in the brush.”

““ You see, Parson Brown, your stock is all mixed in and scattered hell-west and crooked ways, so you′ll jest have to pick out what′s handy. Is that all right ? ””

“24 October 1934 — Wednesday Mustering the plant horses all day. Now we have stopped shooting they are scattering about Hell West and Crooked.”

“2005, Private Albert Franklin Edwards (Canadian Infantry), Two Years in the Ypres Salient, Henry L. Fox (editor), What the Boys Did Over There: Allied Overseas Stories, page 53, When it was exploded it blew up the entire town and also blew 61000 Huns “Hell, west and crooked.””

“Unfortunately Les arrived by 4WD to check up on our progress, only to find most of us sound asleep in the shade. He gave us a good revving and sent us hell, west and crooked to forage for bush tucker.”

“They then scattered half a dozen scraggy chooks hell, west and crooked.”

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