devil, deuce, dickens
(noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion; “what the devil”; “the deuce with it”; “the dickens you say”
Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens
(noun) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dickens (uncountable)
(euphemistic) The devil.
In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).
A disturbance or row.
• (intensifier): on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck, the fuck
• snicked
Dickens
A patronymic surname.
Charles Dickens, English novelist.
A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.
• snicked
Source: Wiktionary
Dick"ens, n. or interj. Etym: [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.]
Definition: The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
