(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:03:53

Dick"ens (?), n. ∨ interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.]

The devil.

[A vulgar euphemism.]

I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak.

 

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