dickens

[US]/ˈdikinz/
[UK]/ˈdɪkɪnz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. devil
Word Forms
Pluraldickenss

Phrases & Collocations

What the dickens

Dickensian character

Dickensian London

Example Sentences

she was in a dickens of a rush.

Dickens was a prolific writer.

Dickens was contemporary with Thackeray.

Wat the dickens is it?

Where the dickens is it?

What in the dickens is that?

they work like the dickens .

what the dickens is going on?.

a complete set of Dickens' novels

Who the dickens is this guy?

Dickens wrote many novels.

Dickens was a famous English writer.

the characters in Charles Dickens' novels

gave me the dickens for being late.

Dickens knew how to strike the right chord in the hearts of his readers.

In this book Dickens shows us a slice of nineteenthcentury London life.

Many of Dickens' books have been adapted as films.

Dickens incarnated hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep.

Dickens has been very clever to intertwine all these aspects and ideas.

Real-world Examples

'What the dickens is all that'? said Mr. Swancourt.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

Look, I know how that must have seemed up there, but Ivy dickens is a thief.

Source: Gossip Girl Season 5

" Oh, the dickens! Now I've done it, " and he looked so guilty that Jo was down on him like a flash.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

I was startled, and so I did what any normal person does under the circumstances: climb out a window and run like the dickens.

Source: Young Sheldon - Season 2

Not only will this minimize blood loss, but it'll prevent him from repeating the stab, although be warned: it's going to hurt like the dickens.

Source: Defeating the movie moguls

" It's very easy to say 'come on, ' but what the dickens do I do with my left leg while I'm turning and sliding with my right" ?

Source: Blooming Roses (Part 1)

She wore a blue tweed suit that looked like the dickens with the purple hat that was doing its best to hang on to the side of her head.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 1)

" Hey! Why, what the dickens has come to the fellow? " said the old gentleman, as Laurie came running downstairs and brought up with a start of surprise at the astounding sight of Jo arm in arm with his redoubtable grandfather.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

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