devil's smiles

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• Smiles, Samuel

  (1812-1904) Biographer and miscellaneous writer, b. at Haddington, ed. at the Grammar School there,...

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• 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. ...

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• devil's guts

  A surveyor's chain: so called by farmers, who do not like their land should be measured by their lan...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• 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. ...

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• Devil's darning-needle

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

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• 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. ...

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