dickens

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see also: Dickens

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪkɪnz/, /ˈdɪkənz/

Noun

dickens (uncountable)

1. (euphemistic) The devil.

   She can go to the dickens for what she said.

   You scared the dickens out of me.

2. In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).

   Why the dickens did he do that?

   We had the dickens of a row.

Synonyms

• (intensifier) on earth, the hell, the devil, the heck, the fuck

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Dickens

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɪkɪnz/

Proper noun

1. Surname
2. Charles Dickens, English novelist.
3. A small city/county seat in Dickens County, Texas.

Translations

• Russian: Ди́ккенс

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