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

I got rather interested and thought some about going out for the Glee Club, but I knew Mr. Twice would raise the dickens if I didn't play football.

From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood

"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

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 Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)