Green’s Dictionary of Slang

shitfire! excl.

a general excl.

1949		H.L. Arrow Hunter’s Horn 276: Shit fire, Susie [...] you’re a droppen kennels in th [sic] hulls [DARE].
1961		(con. early 1950s) J. Peacock Valhalla 53: ‘We’re all out of beer.’ ‘Shit fire, we’ll get some more.’.
1963		J. Blake letter 25 Jan. in Joint (1972) 200: The Warden’s last words: ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Shitfire I’m dying’.
1968		T. Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1969) 400: Shitfire! that’s it.
1974		(con. late 1940s) E. Thompson Tattoo (1977) 501: This sonofabitch [...] tells me I ought to go to Russia. Shitfire. This country has completely lost its bearings.
1979		G. Wolff Duke of Deception (1990) 221: Shit fire [...] now I’ve done it, now I’ve done it.
1983		S. King Christine 453: Sometimes just a good, hearty shit-FIRE! will turn the trick.
1985		(con. 1968) D.A. Dye Citadel (1989) 284: Shitfire. That right about the Ol’ Dog?
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 21: Shitfire! Leave it to Rooski to panic and probably croak the gook.
1993		J. Mowry Six Out Seven (1994) 30: Shitfire, y’all ought to hear my own daddy cuss when he feelin the need!
2001		(con. 1964–8) J. Ellroy Cold Six Thousand 65: Shitfire — there’s Wendell Durfee.
2012		L. Berney Whiplash River [ebook] Terry heard the explosion [...] nd just about jumped out of his shorts. Shitfire! He wondered how much of the dynamite Meg had used .
2016		C. Eble (ed.) UNC-CH Campus Sl. Spring 2016 9: SHIT FIRE — euphemism for god damn: ‘Shit fire! This chicken is good’.