raise the dickens
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Under the microscope, the bobbypins were found to have sawtooth edges that "raise the dickens with teeth."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Them flyin' chunks raise the dickens sometimes," he observed.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Bertrand W. Sinclair
Suppose they thought if they had it any closer to the car the children might raise the dickens by playing with it.”
From Panther Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
"But won't they raise the dickens when the breakup comes?"
From Swamp Cat by James Arthur Kjelgaard
"And be thankful you haven't got a man to raise the dickens when the bill comes in."
From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber
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