DICKENS


Meaning of DICKENS in English

/dik"inz/ , n.

devil; deuce (usually prec. by the and often used in exclamations and as a mild imprecation): The dickens you say! What the dickens does he want?

[ 1590-1600; appar. a fanciful use of Dicken, form of Dick, proper name ]

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