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Webster 1913 Edition
Dickens
Dick′ens
,Noun.
or interj.
[Perh. a contr. of the dim.
devilkins
.] The devil.
[A vulgar euphemism.]
I can not tell what the
dickens
his name is. Shakespeare
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Dickens
Dickens
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English
Proper noun
Dickens
- A patronymic surname.
- Charles Dickens, English novelist.
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See also: Dickens
English
Noun
dickens (uncountable)
- (euphemistic) The devil.
- She can go to the dickens for what she said.
- You scared the dickens out of me.
- In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
- Why the dickens did he do that?
- We had the dickens of a row.
References
- Random House Dictionary