the dickens
Example Sentences
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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
He knows that “An Inconvenient Truth” scared the dickens out of some people.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2017
“He’s a human being. Little mistakes are made, different words are used – and everybody does it. As far as I can see, he’s trying the dickens to do a good job.”
From The Guardian • May 19, 2017
“I thought, ‘What in the dickens is that?’ ” he said in his video account.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2016
So I went to Suffolk looking for Frances and her mother who could cook like the dickens.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
