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dickens
A euphemism for devil; used in the same manner as deuce. 'What the dickens are you about?' Whence h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dickens, Charles
(1812-1870) Novelist, b. at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his f. was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Off...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin