- hell-for-leath|er
- hell-for-leath|er «HEHL fuhr LEHTH uhr», adjective, adverb.Slang. at breakneck speed; hellbent: »
a hell-for-leather race. (adj.) It was written hell-for-leather (Robert Frost). (adv.)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hell-for-leath|er
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