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Just as we were reaching the cottage, we saw two women in the street. One of the women was Old Mrs Adams. She was shouting at another. Hell-turding away.

From the book How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

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  • You've been told this before and I'll tell you again: you need to attribute the source of any direct quotations.
    – Laurel ♦
    May 26 at 11:31
  • you mean I should mention the name of the book? it is How to Stop Time by Matt Haig.
    – shirin mf
    May 26 at 11:46
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    Yes but you need to edit it into your post. You also need to put the part you copied into either a blockquote (put > in front of the first line) or regular quotes, to show that you copied the words exactly.
    – Laurel ♦
    May 26 at 11:55
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    At a guess, a picturesque way of saying 'swearing, cursing'.
    – Kate Bunting
    May 26 at 12:53
  • This is not a regular idiom AFAIK, it seems like something the author made up. If you know that "hell" and "turd" are mild swear words, you should be able to infer the meaning.
    – Barmar
    May 26 at 21:24

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