Dickens

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, patronymic) .
  2. Proper noun.  Charles Dickens, English novelist.
  3. Noun.  (euphemistic) The devil.
  4. Noun.  In the phrase ''the dickens'' ((non-gloss definition, Used as an intensifier) ).

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