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Dickens

//ˈdɪkɪnz// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.
  2. 2
    A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    The devil. euphemistic

    "She can go to the dickens for what she said."

  2. 2
    a word used in exclamations of confusion wordnet
  3. 3
    In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).

    "Why the dickens did he do that?"

  4. 4
    A disturbance or row.

    "Hugh considered saying, Then I guess I'll just have to kick you a few times instead, you frog son of a bitch. Then he thought of that fat bastard Keeton, handing him a pink slip for kicking up dickens in the local tavern."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name Dicken, diminutive form of Dick.

Etymology 2

From Dicken, a medieval diminutive form of Dick + the patronymic suffix -s.

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