devil's guts

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• devil's guts

  n. The name is given in Australiato the Dodder-Laurel (see Laurel), Cassythafiliformis, Linn., N.O....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• guts

  My great guts are ready to eat my little ones; my guts begin to think my throat's cut; my guts curse...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• greedy guts

  A covetous or voracious person. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• guzzle guts

  One greedy of liquor. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• puff guts

  A fat man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rusty guts

  A blunt surly fellow: a jocular misnomer of RESTICUS. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blue devils

  Low spirits. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil's books

  Cards. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil's daughter

  It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and li...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil's dung

  Assafoetida. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blue devils

  To have the blue devils is to be dispirited. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• devil's claw

  A very strong kind of split hook made to grasp a link of a chain cable, and used as a stopper. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• devil's smiles

  Gleams of sunshine among dark clouds, either in the heavens or captain's face! ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• guts and garbage

  A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Devil's darning-needle

  ·- A dragon fly. ·see Darning needle, under Darn, ·vt. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• devil's daughter's portion

  Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And, by a codicil to his wil...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• devil's darning needle

  A common name for the Dragon-fly. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• devil's table-cloth

  See table-cloth. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• plaister of warm guts

  One warm belly'dapped to another; a receipt frequently prescribed for different disorders. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose