- the dickens you say
- that is unbelievable, gadzooks, say what
"Ping, you won a car!" "The dickens you say!"
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the dickens you say
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dickens you say — See the dickens you say … English idioms
dickens — /dik inz/, n. devil; deuce (usually prec. by the and often used in exclamations and as a mild imprecation): The dickens you say! What the dickens does he want? [1590 1600; appar. a fanciful use of Dicken, form of Dick, proper name] * * * … Universalium
dickens — /ˈdɪkənz/ (say dikuhnz) phrase the dickens, (an exclamation or mild imprecation): the dickens you will! {a substitute for devil, ? from the surname Dickens, or a contracted form of devilkin} …
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