like the dickens
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Partch and others have been trying like the dickens to save it.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2020
“We fought like the dickens over a lot of issues,” he said, recalling “heated arguments.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
This would not be too bad, except we have very high ceilings and it echoes like the dickens.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2019
And while the rest of Washington looks at a paltry snowmelt and bone-dry rivers, it’s still raining like the dickens in Forks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2015
After all the bragging I had done about what a good monkey catcher I was, I hated like the dickens to go and face him, but I couldn’t just run away.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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