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| dick·ens [ díkənz ] |
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emphatic exclamation: used for emphasis in a variety of expressions, especially expressions of surprise or annoyance
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informal
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 What the dickens is going on here?
 scared the dickens out of me
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| [Late 16th century. Probably < the surname Dickens] |
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