raise the dickens
Example Sentences
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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
"But won't they raise the dickens when the breakup comes?"
From Swamp Cat by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
He understands that air strata raise the dickens with whistle-blasts.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
"Them flyin' chunks raise the dickens sometimes," he observed.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
They’ll raise the dickens if I stay here any longer.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
