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the dickens



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Boras and Belly became Boris and Natasha, a joke that hurt the Boys In Blue like the dickens.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2023

And how the dickens did he get on the debate stage?

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2023

He knows that “An Inconvenient Truth” scared the dickens out of some people.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2017

“I thought, ‘What in the dickens is that?’ ” he said in his video account.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2016

It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls




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