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dickens::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deuce, devil |
| Type of | exclaiming, exclamation |
the dickens you say.
dickens::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | charles dickens, charles john huffam dickens |
| Derivation | dickensian |
Examples of dickens
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Dickens would have been good on the fog that shrouded much of Britain this week.
From the guardian.co.uk
Dickens and Simpson were charged with robbery, conspiracy and related offenses.
From the delawareonline.com
Dickens visited Torquay during his middle years and gave many presentations here.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Dickens had first used a similar term in his previous novel, The Pickwick Papers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Dickens begins in the Chancery fog because he means to end in the Chancery fog.
From the guardian.co.uk
Dickens wasn't any happier with the cramped installments than he had been before.
From the entertainment.time.com
Dickens influenced, inspired and challenged others to produce amazing things, too.
From the dispatch.com
Dickens, whose novels first appeared in episodic form in a newspaper, lives again.
From the online.wsj.com
Dickens declined to name him or say more about it because the case is pending.
From the newsobserver.com
- Devil: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
- English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
- (dickensian) of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
- Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.
- Dickens was a 2002 BBC docudrama on the life of the author Charles Dickens. It was presented by Peter Ackroyd, on whose biography of Dickens it was based, and Dickens was played by Anton Lesser. It was broadcast in three hour-long episodes.
- Dickens is a city in and the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.
- Dickens is a small neighbourhood in East Vancouver, Canada.
- The devil; Used as an intensifier
- (Dickensian) relating or similar to something described in the books of the 19th century British writer, Charles Dickens, especially living or working conditions that are below an acceptable standard.
