hell week
See also: Hell Week
English
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Noun
hell week (plural hell weeks)
- (chiefly US, idiomatic) The week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.
- 1995 Sep. 10, "Citadel's First Female Cadet Tells of the Stress of Her Court Fight," New York Times (retrieved 14 June 2011)
- She was among a number of cadets taken to the infirmary with heat sickness on the first day of the rigorous drills called hell week.
- 1995 Sep. 10, "Citadel's First Female Cadet Tells of the Stress of Her Court Fight," New York Times (retrieved 14 June 2011)
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References
- hell week at OneLook Dictionary Search
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