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    • Hell-on-wheels

    Hell-on-wheels meaning

    (idiomatic) Tough, aggressive, lawless, wild.
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    Origin of hell-on-wheels

    • First used to refer to the towns at the end of the Union Pacific Railroad when under construction.
      From Wiktionary

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