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The dickens

adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Used as an intensifier.

    "Why the dickens did he do that?"

Noun
  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, dickens; (euphemistic) the devil.

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

See dickens.

Etymology 2

See dickens.

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