| 单词 | dickens |
| 例句 | “I’m sorry for that, and ought to thank him for not shaking me, I suppose. What the dickens does the fellow expect?” and the old gentleman looked a trifle ashamed of his own testiness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My arms and back complained like the dickens as I refilled the wash boiler, kept the water hot, rubbed grimy clothes on the washboard, wrung them out, and hung them to dry. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Sounds like you had a dickens of a time.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She took a drink of her soda, and I took a drink of mine, pretending to study the dickens out of that map. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Isn’t hair remover supposed to sting like the dickens?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Prior to coming to sabotage school, Dasch was always "hungry like the dickens," and he made sure to carefully divvy up his bread ration and carry it with him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “She lets the housekeeping go to the dickens.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z It's pitch-dark, the curtains drawn, and hotter than the dickens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Now, it’s time you were in school! Bet you can make the eight-thirty if you run like the dickens.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It hurt like the dickens but I gritted my teeth and walked on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So I went to Suffolk looking for Frances and her mother who could cook like the dickens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t remember them. But her mother could cook like the dickens.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet Father always says, if the Lord can’t inspire you to leave off sinning any other way, why then, it’s His business to scare the dickens out of you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If it’s about a giant, overgrown elf, can you provide a star who can dance, sing, cavort like the dickens and keep a crowd charmed for an entire evening? ‘Elf’ is one jolly musical | Theater review 2012-12-07T21:40:05Z In this cozy mystery with a wicked sting, 11-year-old Flavia de Luce — smart as the dickens and bracingly iconoclastic — investigates an itinerant puppeteer's murder in 1950s England. 14 best crime novels of 2010: Tana French, John le Carr? and more 2010-12-08T23:57:00Z Nothing bad should ever happen to a guy with a face like Keaton’s, but in “Seven Chances” he triumphs by running like the dickens. The New Season DVDs: New DVDs: ?Citizen Kane,? ?Going Places,? ?Birth of a Nation? 2011-09-18T00:13:03Z The quatrain goes on to establish its dialectic, a moral/artistic tension between caution and impulsiveness which underlies the whole ghazal: "I always run like the dickens when crossing the road." Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z “I thought, how in the dickens are you finding my phone number?” The State Fair Is Canceled. Deep-Fried Oreos Are Not. 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The "chickens/ dickens" rhyme is fun, and the line sounds effortless, as a colloquial expression should. Chain Ghazal: Chickens by Esther Greenleaf Mürer 2013-03-18T12:33:15Z “Why the dickens did we not think of this earlier?” Like ‘long-lost cousins,’ Indian and Celtic musicians find common notes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The play is called “Love of the Game” because, basically, the receiver just runs like the dickens and hopes to draw enough attention to free up other receivers. Plaschke: It's L.A. vs. San Francisco again, only this time a Super Bowl trip is at stake 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z Her best bet, she decided, was to listen for the telltale squeak of her mailbox lid when the letter carrier stopped by in the afternoon and scream like the dickens. Perspective | Milo the rescue dog does some rescuing of his own 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z There was Bienchen in a nutshell: cute as the dickens but equipped with lacerating teeth. Perspective | Was Bebe Thomsen a ditsy animal lover or a Nazi spy? Even her friends wondered. 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z I know why I’m here, and I know why I’m a Democrat, and I’m going to fight like the dickens. ‘We’ve Harmed the Senate Enough’: Why Joe Manchin Won’t Budge on the Filibuster 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z “When you talk to the average citizen in Wyoming, they really don’t think we have a problem and we really do. It’s serious as the dickens,” Bebout told Gordon. Wyoming revenue report less bleak but Gordon urges restraint 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z There now are about a dozen post offices, he said, and it feels like “they’re trying like the dickens to shut those down.” How the Postal Service helped shape a California town named Peanut 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Partch and others have been trying like the dickens to save it. Nothing captures a small town’s character, soul and past like its museum — but their futures face serious modern-day perils 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Though he did not have to eject any senator for illegal chatter, Mr. Ziglar noted, “it’s hard as dickens to keep 100 senators from talking.” A Challenge for the Trial: 100 Senators Who Love to Talk, Sitting in Silence 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z “We fought like the dickens over a lot of issues,” he said, recalling “heated arguments.” Cory Booker once allied himself with Betsy DeVos on school choice. Not anymore. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Oliver North tells “Fox News Sunday” that authorities are trying “like the dickens” to treat symptoms instead of going after the disease. The Latest: Texas church victim attended provides counseling 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z “The problem that we’ve got is we’re trying like the dickens to treat the symptom without treating the disease,” Mr. North said on “Fox News Sunday.” Oliver North, NRA president, blames school shootings on ‘culture of violence,’ Ritalin 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z “It hurt like the dickens, because they break your sternum, and I was scared, terrified and nervous,” Myers said. Roseburg woman breathing easier after double-lung transplant 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z He knows that “An Inconvenient Truth” scared the dickens out of some people. As the climate continues to change, Al Gore’s here to boil down the science 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “I thought, ‘What in the dickens is that?’ ” he said in his video account. One died at Pearl Harbor, the other lived. Seventy-five years later, they’ll be reunited. 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “Sometimes I have a dickens of a time keeping track of them,” she says. Iris Lady: Local woman shares love of gardening, flowers 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “You can plant it early in the spring, and it’s tough as the dickens.” Nebraska's hemp battle: farmers say officials are blocking a gold rush 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z But he is no spring chicken anymore and, at 81, his shoulder hurts like the dickens and his back troubles him, too. Small town of Driscoll saying goodbye to longtime grocery 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s usually hot as the dickens here,” Rutherford said, posing with a stranger for one of what would be 201 portraits the governor’s photographer shot of him and guests. Hogan’s illness pushes understudy into alien territory — the spotlight 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z What the dickens is wrong with these congressional Republicans? GOP’s Obamacare repeal effort hits major snag: Even their special math doesn’t make the numbers work 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And while the rest of Washington looks at a paltry snowmelt and bone-dry rivers, it’s still raining like the dickens in Forks. What you might not know about Washington state and water 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Last we checked, Jeb Bush loved the dickens out of Israel. Jeb’s “James Baker” problem: Why hawks are turning on the “anti-Israel” Bush 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s not only a sentimental keepsake; if you look at how overstuffed it is, it’s a reminder of how he worked like the dickens into his 70s and 80s. Chris Wallace of Fox News: Not the Biggest Office, but the One That Gets the Guests 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z “It was hotter than the dickens in there, but we had a great turnout,” Gustin said. Peru jazz musician’s legacy lives on at festival 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z So do movies such as this, which pander like the dickens. ‘Annabelle’ movie review: You’ve seen it all with this ugly, frightening doll They want someone who is going to get up everyday and fight like the dickens for them!” City Room: Sept. 7: Where the Candidates Are Today 2013-09-07T19:24:49Z Some general figured that out, and sure as the dickens, he used to be a sergeant. Gettysburg: Inside the Mind of a Confederate Fighter 2013-07-02T00:35:31Z Midway into a critique of Mr. Obama’s economic policies a few months ago, Mr. Romney declared: “They’ve scared the dickens out of banks,” he said. Romney’s Throwback Language, His Mittisms 2012-10-21T05:37:18Z A dickens of a 200th birthdayBooks for kids about Charles Dickens Just in time for the 200th birthday of Dickens, there are three new illustrated books based on his life and the books he wrote. Books for kids about Dickens 2012-02-06T22:59:00Z But where the dickens did you slip away to? Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "The dickens you did!" slipped from the rector. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Apparently, it’s O.K. to hurt people like the dickens, but not risk infecting them. City Room: A Trip Abroad That's Unlikely to Inspire the Mayor 2012-03-20T13:24:16Z And suppose I got the ivory," he thought, "how the dickens could I carry it? Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z "Now where the dickens has that horse gone to?" Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field 2012-03-17T02:01:06.070Z "What the dickens has it got to do with you?" Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "Who the dickens ...?" he said, turning the card over. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z "Now, I wonder," mused the costumer, "what the dickens those innocent-looking young people are up to?" The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z What the dickens are they up to on board of her? A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z “How the dickens are we going to get to the game in time?” he inquired. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z Where the dickens have you hidden the wine? Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z "The dickens you have!" this gentleman repeated, leering on the two most unpleasantly. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z “What in the dickens can it all mean?” exclaimed Ethan Allen. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z But they still scare the dickens out of me. City Room: Big City Book Club: Discussing Dawn Powell With Candace Bushnell 2012-02-21T15:52:46Z He was telling me about a race in which Wilson drove a car across the tape a winner after a dickens of a grilling race. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z The big master-mechanic had a round-house foreman "on the carpet" and was harrying him like the dickens for letting an engine go out with one of her truck safety chains hanging loose. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z "The dickens it was," said Will, and with that he left her. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z “Now tell me what the dickens erbswurst can be?” demanded Ethan as he took up a strange roll that must have weighed several pounds, and looked like a sausage. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z "How the dickens did you find me out?" The Story of Charles Strange, Vol. 3 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:22.303Z When ma saw you coming she said, 'the dickens!' and I guess she was mad about something. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z I had brought it all upon myself, undoubtedly; though how the dickens I was ever to get out of it I could not imagine. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z "What the dickens has Samson Something-or-other got to do with the preparation of a military man, I should like to know, sir?" The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z “What in the dickens can it be?” whispered Ethan, in a puzzled way. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z Now who the dickens," he wondered, "can that be? The Money Gods 2012-01-04T03:00:39.617Z There are fine fish up in those rivers, boys, great shiny, gamy things that fight like the dickens in the stream and melt like butter in the mouth.” The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z "I say, what the dickens has happened to me?" The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z But who the dickens could it be then? for certainly somebody had taken the money. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z You got off d——d lucky to-day; th' next time you raise the dickens along our line we'll pay yore ranch houses a visit in a body an' give you something to think about. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z What the dickens do these creatures want to turn their intestines into gravel-pits for, I wonder?” From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z “What the dickens do you think the Fontenelles left this paper laying around in a place like this for?” asked Case. The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel 2012-01-02T03:00:21.167Z You boys can always be trusted to arrange the details—but traveling always did play the dickens with my hair! On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z What the dickens do you mean by your confounded impudence? Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Then why the dickens did you say it was? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Dickens, dik′enz, n. the deuce, the devil, as in 'What the dickens.'—Play the dickens with, to play the deuce with. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Tom exclaimed, bringing his rifle to the “ready;” “but where the dickens are they?” The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Learned a skill and worked like the dickens. Gannett names Gracia Martore as new chief executive 2011-10-08T01:32:10Z What the dickens do you mean by you will not tell me? Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z I wonder when the dickens I had some food last. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z “Those kids may know something, and he sure as the dickens doesn’t want them talking to anybody,” Downing told Judge Kathryn Nelson. Wash. state lawyer: Missing Utah woman?s husband also subject of pornography investigation 2011-09-27T21:40:15Z Beats the dickens how that fellow can walk past our noses without getting caught.” The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z “What the dickens can we do with an aeroplane in this wilderness?” demanded Pat, wiping the sweat from his face. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z Then what--what the dickens do you mean? Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Why the dickens did you wake me up? Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Will it be as hot as the dickens; or are we in for a cold wave? Fast Nine or, A Challenge from Fairfield 2011-09-22T02:00:24.220Z "Say, it's the dickens, ain't it," he said, after a pause, "how these things happen?" Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z There I met Billy Izzard, in the dickens of a temper. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Why the dickens are they knocking at my door? Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z “I won’t, and if you’ll keep as still as a mouse and not scream when I comb your hair—” “You pull like the dickens; you know you do!” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z But there’ll be the dickens and all to pay if he doesn’t show up!” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z How the dickens do you expect to clean out that hell-hole with twenty-five men? The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z “Oh, go to the dickens while we get our pickin’s,” growled out young Zeb Daniels, at which specimen of wit his father laughed heartily, though in a subdued way. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z "What the dickens are you standing there for?" cried Miss Vivian in exasperated tones. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z He only whispered to me, "Why the dickens could she want you and me to meet our selves?" Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z “How the dickens can I tell Polly how it is when 221 I don’t know how it is myself?” asked George, indignantly. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z What the dickens do I care what your name is? The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z What the dickens are you doing out there?” The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z Now, what the dickens do you want widows for? Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z So what the dickens are we to do? Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z “Oh, go to the dickens!” muttered Ned, as the door closed softly. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z This has been the dickens of a day. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z “I’m as hungry as the dickens, Rug, and I guess you are, too.” The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z “What the dickens is Buggins doing?” he asked in a tone so puzzled and interested that we all turned to watch that sportsman. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z “How the dickens do I know?” asked Dan, sitting up in his berth. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z “Why the dickens we didn’t take that carriage the fellow wanted to sell us is more than I see.” The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z What on earth has become of the birds, and where the dickens are the hares? asks the angry proprietor. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z At length, unable to find what he wanted, he exclaimed somewhat pettishly: ‘Where the dickens are my notes?’ Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z What the dickens do you think Mrs Bolter would say if she saw it? One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Where the dickens have you been, Tommy, and what are you doing here? Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z How the dickens are we going to know how much food will be needed? The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Where the deuce could a man come from? and what the dickens could he want? Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z Let’s have another log on, old lady, and—What the dickens is the matter with those dogs?” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z I say how the dickens he was going to carry her off when he was at the party all the time I can’t see.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z I didn’t know where the dickens I was, and I don’t yet.” Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z "What the dickens am I to do?" he asked. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Tonight, for instance, it was going to be the very dickens with this little Miss Howel-Jones. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z She used to laugh like the dickens at my way of saying them. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z “I say, Nelly!” he exclaimed, looking annoyed, and completely off his balance, “what the dickens have you been about?” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “What the dickens are we going to do for breakfast?” Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z "You must really excuse me," interrupted I, "but how the dickens do you know all this?" A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z "Now what the dickens is this?" he demanded, genially bewildered. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z "I know who possessed the tie, and I shall hand that man—" "Who the dickens is he anyhow?" The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Now I am here in a boat; but where the dickens here is I don’t know. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “Where the dickens has he gone to?” he asked. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Now, where the dickens do these blokes get to during a dry spell? From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z That's just what I told Mrs. Macleod and Jamie I would try to make of you and him—" "The dickens you did! A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z "My horse has broke loose from the shed," he said angrily, reaching for his hat; "and how the dickens I'm to find him in this storm I don't know." Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z How the dickens did you know I was a doctor? One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “How the dickens was I to know this fool fog was coming up?” he asked. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z How the dickens this people ever managed to run an empire is a holy mystery to me. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z I got rather interested and thought some about going out for the Glee Club, but I knew Mr. Twice would raise the dickens if I didn't play football. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z "What the dickens are you doing?" said I. But there was neither time nor need for his answer. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z “Then why the dickens did you put forth such an idea?” cried the doctor, angrily. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z What the dickens have I been doing for these dames? The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Talk of the dickens, here she is herself!” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Being out there plays the dickens with people's nerves, you know. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z "This one has got me into a dickens own mess, she's as pretty as a picture, Brown, but a perfect brute all the same!" First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Why the dickens don’t they put garden seats down here?” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z “That big muskalunge was tearing around like the dickens, when swoop! he took a turn under my boat, and in my haste to swing around, I upset.” Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z You’ve got more sense than I have, and I need someone to talk to like the dickens.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z We were nearing the Dutch coast and I was considering how to avoid Lassen on landing, when there was the very dickens of an explosion. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z I pondered on starting you out with one of the old seven-ounce rods but what the dickens. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z He cried out impatiently, "Alix, what the dickens is a family and a large income to me in comparison with you?" The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z What in the dickens can he be shouting that way for?” Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z But I—I can’t even read decently, and it takes the dickens of a long time.” Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z "Let me go," he cried in a dickens of a stew. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z “What the dickens do you get beyond sheer physical weariness for your pains?” The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews 2011-02-18T03:00:20.773Z It wasn't any harm, but we were out late, and if he knew it, he'd give me the dickens. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z "Why the dickens didn't you wire!" she said. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z "Why, he's right over—over there—where the dickens is Ott?" Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z It was the dickens of a mess, and then an idea occurred to me. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Step two: Drive like the dickens on a curvy road to gauge the vehicle's body roll and suspension. Review: BMW's Redesigned X3 SUV 2011-01-27T14:49:20Z Wonder what the dickens is the matter with me? Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z She is a fish!—unless she gives Langly the dickens this morning.... The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Wonder where the dickens I put my ticket. Mr. Punch's Railway Book 2011-01-23T03:00:16.120Z The instant he clapped eyes on me he'd know I wasn't the real Simon Pure; and it might be the dickens of a job to get across the frontier. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z Why, what the dickens is the matter with you? The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z The old man seems to have taken a fancy to him, too;—where in the dickens did I put that reel? Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z No fear," said the pretty little woman; "and," she added, "I hope you make mischief and raise the very dickens all around. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z Now, how the dickens could any concrete be right with such treatment? Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works 2011-01-14T03:00:46.103Z He waved me to a chair and sat back lost in thought for so long that I began to wonder what the dickens was coming. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z "What the dickens brings you here at this unearthly hour?" was the amiable greeting I received. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z But precisely there was the dickens of it. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z "Why the dickens don't you say something?" she demanded. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z “Why, how the dickens do you know anything about them?” Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z But, he notes, "We've been riding like the dickens to get even cardiologists interested in primordial prevention"—taking action to prevent the development of heart and diabetes risks in apparently healthy individuals. Extra Weight in Early Childhood Foretells Later Disease Risk 2010-11-22T16:42:00Z But, he notes, “We’ve been riding like the dickens to get even cardiologists interested in primordial prevention”—taking action to prevent the development of heart and diabetes risks in apparently healthy individuals. Extra Weight in Early Childhood Foretells Later Disease Risk 2010-11-22T16:42:00Z We shall have a white Christmas after all, but," he added, gazing about him, "how the dickens did I ever come to be here, I wonder? Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile “What the dickens is this?” cried the doctor, holding out his find, and putting up his double eye-glass. Lady Maude's Mania I don't like to talk about myself—but," he murmured with exaggerated humility, "I'll say that I—now who the dickens is that? The Trail of Conflict How the dickens do you suppose I’m to get into my clothes with your ridiculous antics going on? The Valiants of Virginia "The dickens!" the short fat man exclaimed to everybody. The Reclaimers Yes, and something to carry him on, for it will be the dickens to move him. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life “But why the dickens didn’t you write to us, and let us know?” Lady Maude's Mania Simms is a bounder but he's thrifty as the dickens and an A 1 workman. The Trail of Conflict “And hittin’ the ties, fer two dudes like the agent, here, and the parson––” “Parson be hanged!” says the last named gent, ugly as the dickens. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher Why the dickens does the blowouts have to fall on the just as well as the unjust 's what I respectfully rise to ask of the Speaker of all good an' perfect gifts. The Reclaimers "Where the dickens are you going, then?" asked Swift, warmly. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Why the dickens didn't we think of that before? The Year When Stardust Fell But—but what the dickens are you doing here? The Trail of Conflict Billy was smart as the dickens, and young, and no drunk. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher Then what the dickens was the junk he had in his pocket? The Land of Strong Men “It is a wonderful creation, and I told her so, but where in the dickens did she get the idea?” The Master's Violin What the dickens do I care personally for chintzes and scrim? Nancy of Paradise Cottage Why the dickens had he invited the Denbigh woman to the X Y Z? The Trail of Conflict Those horses must have swam like the dickens to get over so quickly. Mr. Munchausen Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder When next they looked around Schonberg was almost up to them and Harry— "Where the dickens is she?" cried Roy. The Crimson Sweater What the dickens did believing in God have to do with anything? H. R. But what the dickens is an Italian doing in these outlandish parts? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel If she was at Greyson's she was safe—but—what the dickens had she been doing all the afternoon, he wondered. The Trail of Conflict Then who the dickens——He turned and made a bolt for the staircase again. The Riddle of the Night "I say, Orr, what the dickens is that?" The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident "I'm busy as the dickens, but an order from you is—" "Another front page—with pictures!" H. R. "Now, why the dickens did she lie to me—unless she wanted to shield her precious brother?" he said ruminatively. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel But what the dickens should he do if the bandits successfully pulled off their raid on the treasure car? The Trail of Conflict Wondered how the dickens you came to be there, and what on earth had called you back home so early after you'd told me not to expect you until twelve. The Riddle of the Night Orr looked at Annandale, wondering what the dickens he was after. The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident "But what the dickens can I say?" queried Mr. Goodchild, helplessly, not daring to look out of the window for fear of seeing the sandwiches. H. R. And there's such a dickens of a lot of evidence in this case that a chap gets horribly involved, and his memory is likely to play him tricks. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel "How the dickens did you——" The recumbent man lifted heavy lids. The Trail of Conflict "Why, what the dickens— I say, where are you?" The Riddle of the Night What the dickens should bring the ghost of Squire Carlos so far from his own parish? Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. "What the dickens can have become of him?" he muttered, and turning again he caught sight of Zut stretched on the floor. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes Now, what the dickens does that battery do, I'd like to know?... The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel "What the dickens is Judith waiting for, Roger?" he demanded one evening, after a particularly unsatisfactory dinner, at which she had made no effort even to appear attentive. Thirty I say, how the dickens did you ever come across this French lot? The Riddle of the Night "I didn't mean to make such a noise," he said in a peculiarly penetrating whisper, "but what the dickens do you do after you find your book?" The Shadow "Where the dickens," he muttered, "can the things—" He stopped suddenly. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 I say, you know, this is a bit thick; and—and who the dickens do you think would have done the thing in this place, may I ask? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel "What the dickens are you driving at, anyway?" Thirty "Oh, the dickens and Tom Walker!" exclaimed Gabriel impatiently; "who's been talking of the affairs of Miss Dorrington in that way?" Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction A bad case of rheumatism, which will play the dickens with his work if it is not stopped in time. An Unknown Lover The man who was in such a dickens of a hurry to get himself into trouble?” What a Man Wills And why the dickens—if anything's happened—didn't he know something about it? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel What the dickens do you keep bobbing about like that for? Sir Hilton's Sin You drink, smoke, gamble and raise the dickens generally. Young Wallingford It’s the most unique quality on earth which enables two people to live in happiness and understanding, and what constitutes it, the dickens only knows. An Unknown Lover “Why the dickens does he stare at the ceiling?” What a Man Wills "What the dickens are you mumbling over?" threw in Mr. Narkom at this juncture, as Cleek stood surveying this instrument of a by-gone year, and pinching his chin between thumb and forefinger thoughtfully the while. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel “How the dickens did he do that?” he added, for a flower-pot in the conservatory fell with a crash upon the encaustic tiled floor, and Jane uttered a gasp. Sir Hilton's Sin I say, why the dickens didn’t you send back my gee again? In the Whirl of the Rising "What I want some fellow to tell me," said Mr. Duffer, looking up from an advertisement of a forthcoming sale at Aldridge's, "is—what the dickens is the use of a broken sporting dog?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. There would have been the dickens to pay if he had not approved of you, but he was quite unusually amiable, took to you at first sight, and the aunt too. What a Man Wills "It's a dickens of a tangle, looking at it any way," he returned dejectedly. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel There's one there, 'cause my dad painted it jus' last week with two coats of white 'namel and—" "What in the dickens would they have a swimmin'-hole in a church for? Sube Cane What the dickens is the meaning of this?” said her father, an hour or two later, as he met her going upstairs to dress for dinner. In the Whirl of the Rising "Then why the dickens did he miss his train?" exclaimed Sir Thomas gruffly. The Heart of a Woman I’m in the dickens of a hole, anyway, and for the moment can’t imagine how I am ever to get out.” What a Man Wills I'll nip along myself, and come in at the finish, and hear what I can hear from the good lady's lips herself, and see who the dickens it is who's meeting her. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The Bigwigs and Bobbies might like it, no doubt, But Bull will demand what the dickens they mean. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 By the way, how the dickens do you manage to talk to him? A Frontier Mystery When I give you the sign, run like the dickens for the ship. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk The dickens of it is, my leave is up in two months from now, and the old man is at the end of his patience. What a Man Wills What the deuce—what the dickens do you mean by sendin' a beastly policeman for me? The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel Redy and Smaly stood alone in the kitchen wondering what to do, when the door opened and a middle-sized man walked in, saying in a severe voice: "Where the dickens have those idiots got to?" The City Curious "But if he is, how in the dickens could he get the fire to signal with; that's what bothers me?" muttered Giraffe. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine "I don't see why the dickens she doesn't go ahead with those divorce proceedings!" The Destroying Angel “The dickens a bit you’ll get from me,” says she; “it’s all too little for myself.” The Irish Fairy Book “What the dickens——I say, is it a policy?” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories "Send him right up," he said, and as the boy turned he said to himself: "Now, what the dickens does that fellow want with me?" Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant And what the dickens made you speak so loud—you, especially—I could not imagine. Leonore Stubbs Master Arnoton with great steel spectacles on his nose is searching in his prayer-book to find where the dickens they are. Devil Stories An Anthology "What the dickens is the matter, old man?" My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia And what the dickens those johnnies are keeping guard over that place for beats us. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories You see," he will say, "a holiday tour at home is such a dickens of a gamble. In the Border Country He didn’t trust me much, and I had a dickens of a time persuading him to talk. A Campfire Girl's Happiness But where in the dickens is that camp, south, north or east? The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol Nan, why the dickens do you treat him so? Old Crow How the dickens can you be sure of such a thing as that?” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Tom's nerves are racked with problems: How the dickens is he to steer his car and protect his women at the same time? A Journal of Impressions in Belgium What I could not get over was how the dickens he had discovered it, living as he did. Aliens As a race it impresses us as a flivver; we feel as you, perhaps, feel in your club when, looking over the members, you wonder how the dickens most of them got in. The So-called Human Race "Now, Milly," he said, "what the dickens are you up here for?" Old Crow How the dickens do you know that, my man? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories "These family jars do beat the dickens," said Holmes, scratching his head in perplexity, while the Countess sailed out of the room, very much on her dignity. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson "A lot of the fellows wonder what the dickens it means." The Mark of the Knife Arthur Dove is raising chickens, He has put his paints away: Tell me, Chronos, where the dickens Are the Cubes of yesterday! The So-called Human Race The man was back at his work, and I asked him how he was; but he was a Highlander, and—need I add it?—dickens a word could I understand of his answer. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) “Why, what the dickens——” But he was suffered to get no farther. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories Come along, Ducie: come, my D�dalian boy; if you are not hungry, I am, and so is—Sheepshanks—what the dickens do you mean by consorting with a singular verb? The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) "How the dickens am I to know whether it's the right steamer or not, when I don't know where you're going to?" asked the man. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 W—w—what the d—d—dickens have you got in that b—b—basket? With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front “What a dickens of a wind!” said Que, when he stood, or tried to stand, on top of the hill with his bag. Happy Days for Boys and Girls How the dickens does he ferret out these places, I wonder? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories I sat on the sled all night or thrashed about it, and had a dickens of a time; I shivered so hard I shook the sled to pieces. Alaska Days with John Muir “What in the dickens did you want to go and eat green cherries for, when there were pounds and pounds of ripe ones going to waste on the trees?” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John "What the dickens?" he exclaimed as he studied the yellow slip. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 Elephant—in—in—' What the dickens is he talking about? The Boy Scout Fire Fighters What the dickens, when one comes to think of it, could have made the Prime Minister of Mauravania interest himself in an Apache trick to ‘do in’ an ex-cracksman? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories She had a wonderful trick of making apricot jam puddings; how the dickens she managed to get so much jam crammed in I never could make out. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 How in the dickens you girls find out exactly what’s going on inside a chap beats my time. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Supposing he had to go on to Paris, what the dickens was he going to do? The Phantom Lover We'll get our equipment together and then drill like the dickens. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Anyway, whether they are called the 'Hush Hushers' or 'Tanks,' what the dickens are they? How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. The old ladies grumble at their skipping; The old gents object to their tip-cat; So they squat midst slums that shine like dirty dripping, Not knowing what the dickens to be at. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 I can hear you say: ‘What in the dickens?’ Chicken Little Jane on the Big John What the dickens can I do without a bob to my name except what the mater chooses to dole out? The Phantom Lover "What the dickens is the matter with us anyway, are we lazy?" queried Nipper Knapp, breaking the long silence that followed Bud's remark. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters They have tiny lenses, but they reflect light like the dickens. Little Brother The dickens fly away with the book-learnin’; I like her all the better just as she is, bless her dear little heart! Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love “Where the dickens are they?” he began to wonder, pulling harder. Robinetta What the dickens could he have done to make her so distant? The Phantom Lover “The dickens, you did!” exclaimed Tom, suddenly remembering a ludicrous predicament in which his guest had caught him. The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West "Unless it happens to be guarded by the Germans," suggested Merritt softly, "and then we'd have a dickens of a time getting across." The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields "What the dickens?" he exclaimed as he bent over the sheet. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 What the dickens is the reason one wants to look at her all the time! Robinetta What--she pondered gloomily, chin in hand, eyes vacantly reviewing a countryside of notable charms adrowse in the lethargic peace of a mid-summer morning--what the dickens was Good Form, anyway? Nobody The dickens, and Great Jupiter, my eyes see her.” The Island Mystery Then, noting the fixed stare in the man’s eyes, he went on with some impatience, “What the dickens are you staring at?” The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Hello, Doctor," exclaimed the Chief, "what the dickens have you got on your mind now? Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 "What in the dickens are you talking about?" Disowned Beat the dickens out of these other fishermen.” Tales of Fishes "Hello, what the dickens is this?" he exclaimed. Poisoned Air "How in the dickens—" he began; and then stopped. Raiders Invisible "How the dickens could I when I didn't know!" Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling What the dickens——” At that moment some one on the outskirts of the crowd sighted the pair. Counsel for the Defense “Who the dickens are you?” snarled the farmer. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret You work like the dickens and kick your heels in ante-rooms. The Dark Star “The dickens it won’t do, if we decide to claim her!” The Comings of Cousin Ann What the dickens did I do with my key? Cleek, the Master Detective “And you can take it as the word that came unto Hosea, that a woman lawyer settling in Westville is going to raise the very dickens in this old town!” Counsel for the Defense Most of us have got to be home before nine o'clock, or the dickens will be to pay. Anderson Crow, Detective "What the dickens can he want to go to Lille for?" wondered the chief-detective. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin “What the dickens did you do that for?” he asked. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills He was so occupied with his ravings that he only cast a glance at his nephew, who stood, or rather sat, wondering what the dickens his uncle was about. The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story “D’you remember the prophecy I made the day you took your office—that you would raise the dickens in this old town?” Counsel for the Defense Juve was wondering inwardly why the dickens Etienne Rambert was not in that compartment when, according to the depositions of the guard, he must have been there; but he said nothing of this. Fantômas "What the dickens is he gassing about?" shouted some one in the street. A Royal Prisoner How the dickens did he know the exact spot to go for?” The Rough Road What the dickens prevents your being otherwise when all around are so anxious for your happiness! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle "Or put it in the waste-paper basket," said Hamilton, and then in surprise: "Why the dickens are you asking all these questions?" Bones in London "There is one thing I should like to know: what the dickens brought you here?" Fantômas It’s hot as the dickens this morning, and the prognostics are for a cyclone before twelve hours. Winning the Wilderness At last aroused, he cried out: “What the dickens are you doing?” The Rough Road We want the people who see the pictures to say: 'Where the dickens is that place? Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Now, where the dickens am I going to put it, eh? Bones in London I said to Frantz: 'Cut the parson out, my boy: what the dickens am I to do while he is preaching? Fantômas I know an ugly little creek running into Big Wolf that’s the dickens to cross. Winning the Wilderness If you hold the scissors, how the dickens am I going to cut the flowers? If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson “What the dickens are you talking about, anyway?” Shoe-Bar Stratton "Then what the dickens is the matter with you?" asked Hamilton. Bones in London “What the dickens is the matter with you, Father!” demanded Dennison. The Pagan Madonna "This is a dickens of a spooky place to be," I told him; "especially in a strong wind." Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels What the dickens possessed you to take Paulette with you that night? The La Chance Mine Mystery They're noisy as the dickens, they steer hard and drive erratically, and you can never carry what I would consider a safe emergency excess of fuel. The Risk Profession What the dickens do you mean, old thing? Bones in London “And we shall need the money so like—so like the dickens,” said Jennie. The Brown Mouse Believe me," I said, "that great scout roof is all right, only it leaks like the dickens. Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels "But how the dickens have we passed the wire without giving the alarm?" With Haig on the Somme He had intrigued with foreign States, oppressed his subjects, persecuted native trade and played the dickens generally. Pan-Islam The question is," said Hamilton, "why the dickens do you want a new flat? Bones in London We'll take a look at the country stock And drink some milk from a dairy crock; Look at the pigs and admire the chickens, And try to forget it's hot as the dickens. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse Them red stones are rubies and they cost like the dickens. Christopher and the Clockmakers There was a dickens of a lot of it. With Haig on the Somme "I wonder now how the dickens I came to dream such outrageous nonsense!" he said to himself, for even his dreams were, as a rule, within the bounds of probability. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers "Now, why the dickens didn't you remind me, you careless old producer, to bring two lawyers with me?" asked Bones. Bones in London Where the dickens have you been to, my dearest Prince? Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts It is a dickens of a puzzle to know why, for our sweepers were over there early that morning and never found a single mine. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War What the dickens is the service coming to? With Haig on the Somme "What the dickens has this girl done to them, to hypnotize them so?" The Rose-Garden Husband No…" "Who the dickens are you talking about? Bones in London "It's——I'm glad——Say, gee! we'll have to hurry like the dickens if we're going to catch a ferry in time to get you home for dinner." The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life And where the dickens 82 did you come from? The Place of Honeymoons The Pyramids were stale, besides being a dickens of a distance off. The Tale of a Trooper "Well, what the dickens are you staring at?" The Hero of Garside School "What the dickens do you know about me, you libellous young devil?" Bones in London Oh, he went down the opposite side of the track pretty fast, but why the dickens was he so slow going up my side? The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Suppose they thought if they had it any closer to the car the children might raise the dickens by playing with it.” Panther Eye I didn't mean a thing by my innocent remark, but I had the dickens of a time trying to prove it to Tim! Left Guard Gilbert Now, what the dickens can those men be carrying to make such a streak as that? Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier "Now, what the dickens was the name of that bird?" he said. Bones in London Now, what the dickens, sir," cried the editor, "brings your big battering ram of a fist in contact with my door? Grey Town An Australian Story "I've had a dickens of a time getting trucks," said Reedy, speaking in a low, casual tone. The Desert Fiddler It's a dickens of a trip to make alone. Left Guard Gilbert And it’s a sight of work keeping up a garden like that—and chickens are a dickens of a lot of trouble.” Eve to the Rescue Run along with Christine, now; Hepworth is fidgeting like the dickens.” Patty's Social Season Then he died, without being able to say any other except those two words, gold and dickens.” Patty's Friends Now, what the dickens is the explanation of this enigma? With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure Ours got caught and scalded like the dickens. Left Guard Gilbert And if he is once in love, I have a feeling he will work like—like the dickens—and you haven’t much spinal column yourself, you know. Eve to the Rescue "What the dickens he expects to do, or make out of this sort of performing is beyond me," said Locke. Isle o' Dreams But they thought at the time that dickens! was one of his angry expletives, as he was given to such language. Patty's Friends If we don’t he will stay there until darkness falls, and then wonder how the dickens he got there. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure And, say, what the dickens is a tortoise, anyway? Left Guard Gilbert "Why the dickens shouldn't I have a sister?" demanded his chief. The Keepers of the King's Peace "What the dickens did you do that for?" asked Locke. Isle o' Dreams But for an hour or more, as he lay dying, he would look at them with piercing glances, and say what sounded like dickens! gold!” Patty's Friends "What the dickens does one do with a woman in hysterics?" The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel And then you'll get the dickens from him and be hauled up to the office. Left Guard Gilbert "Then," said Bones wrathfully, "why the dickens do I think I have?" The Keepers of the King's Peace I have a Tamopan persimmon, a great big, nice persimmon about so big, but bitter as the dickens, and about the only thing I think it is good for is to look at. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 Mules are the dickens to work steady all the time. William Adolphus Turnpike How the dickens did she guess that I wanted to make her acquaintance? The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel "The dickens you say," said she as she drew her revolver, and sung out, "let go that horse," and firing at the German. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 Oh, Lord, dear old sister, you gave me the dickens of a fright! The Keepers of the King's Peace Some boys can take things as they read them, and not think any for themselves, but I am a Thinker from Thinkerville, and my imagination plays the dickens with me. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 "But how the dickens can you make a souvenir out of a toothbrush?" Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World He shrugged his shoulders, growled, “Let her go to the dickens.” The Innocents A Story for Lovers "Where the dickens did you two boys come from?" Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block "Bones," said Hamilton, "where the dickens have you been?" The Keepers of the King's Peace One of you fellows drop a note over their aerodrome and ask them what the dickens they mean by it. Tam o' the Scoots “More often they catch the dickens,” Hunt said. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike "How the dickens does this fellow find out in so short a time?" The Man Who Knew You’ll have the first lieutenant after you, my joker, if he notices it, and there’ll be the dickens to pay, I can tell you!” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Here, what the dickens——" "Wine is a mocker," said Bones, "strong drink is ragin'. The Keepers of the King's Peace I say, old chap—auch!—where the dickens are we, and what has happened, eh?” Turned Adrift Then why the dickens don’t you train and get rid of some of that superfluous fat? The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne "I don't know just what the dickens to do about you, now that I know who you are," confessed the master, looking Mayo up and down. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Who are you, my friend; and what the dickens are you doing locked up here in this forecastle?” A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy "What the dickens are you goggling at?" demanded Hamilton irritably. The Keepers of the King's Peace You are going to ask: If I am telling you the truth, why the dickens did I not do as I am advising you to do, and bring back a wagon-load of gold with me? Through Veld and Forest An African Story “Beg pardon, S’Richard—” “What the dickens do you want now?” cried the young man, impatiently. The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne "What in the dickens does the dog mean by such behavior?" said the Judge. Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier "Here, hold hard!" said Hamilton; "what the dickens is the matter with you?" Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country "What the dickens has the padre got to do with it?" said the officer. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 “The dickens she does!” exclaimed I in English, in the height of my astonishment. Through Veld and Forest An African Story "How the dickens can you tell?" asked Marche curiously. Blue-Bird Weather Another rainy day and as cold as the dickens but we are glad to get through the summer without extreme heat or a pest of flies. 'My Beloved Poilus' Oh, shut up!" snarled Bones, "what the dickens are you shouting about—hey? Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country How the dickens was I to know what was the matter? Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes So did I. We were both wrong; it is the very dickens. Once a Week I can't comprehend Who in the dickens gave such stories birth, Still of frivolities like these there is no dearth. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems How the dickens am I to tell you, if you will interrupt? The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance "And who the dickens is Henry?" asked Hamilton. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country The desert plays the dickens with the strongest nerves. There was a King in Egypt Old Nick and, probably, the dickens— "I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of.—What do you call your knight's name, sirrah?" The Romance of Words (4th ed.) “What in the dickens were you trying to do, Jane Morton, were you crazy?” Chicken Little Jane How in the dickens am I going to know the child? The Heart of Arethusa Well, you know, when you come to consider it from an unprejudiced standpoint, what the dickens is the use of being shy? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance If the war will stop all the absurd talk about England going to the dickens, it won't be fought for nothing. There was a King in Egypt It must have been lonely as the dickens on an island; worse, even, than being at Seaver Bay. Walter and the Wireless We moored outside a raft of small sailing crafts and had the dickens of a time taking Ben Gibson ashore on his mattress. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Well, if you really don't mind, as I'm in the dickens of a hurry. The Car of Destiny What the deuce,—he did not like bad language, but really,—what the dickens, had all these to do with his ewe-lamb, innocent little Constance, her virgin-white body and soul, and her sweet, wide-eyed prettiness? The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance How the dickens are we to understand one another when it comes to making arrangements?” The Castaways Yes, the dickens I am," I echoed, defiantly, "and I don't intend to be treated like a naughty child, by anyone. Lady Betty Across the Water "Now where the dickens did he get the encouragement?" cried Carington fretfully. Sally of Missouri To fulfil, morning after morning, or evening after evening, through months and years—this is the very dickens, and there is not one of my readers that will not agree with me. Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women “How in the dickens did you get in there?” The Servant Problem But—no matter what may have become of him—why the dickens that should stop Edith from marrying me is more than I can fathom. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective Then Mr Maplestone turned to the valet, and roared at him:— “Why the dickens couldn’t you come, instead of hanging about all day?” The Lady of the Basement Flat I cannot tell what the dickens his name is husband had him of. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] "Dat beats de dickens!" muttered the puzzled youth, stopping to rest himself. The Phantom of the River "What the dickens——" he cried, and stopped short. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale "Gee whittaker! what in the dickens are they?" exclaimed Lil Artha, as his startled eyes rested on what seemed to be countless numbers of queer little bunches of dusky gray or brown hair. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Should have been away from here thirty minutes ago, but something happened to this old machine, and Casimer is having a dickens of a time fixing it. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win "What in the dickens is the matter with you?" Apron-Strings "Who the dickens——" he began; then hastily took off his cap and begged the girl's pardon, to which she could not reply for breathlessness. Barbara in Brittany Cigarettes don't taste good, and they raise the merry dickens with this old cough of mine. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale What the dickens has the County Council got to do with it? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 Think what a dickens of a scrape we'd be in if we had to go back all the way afoot. Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay The Disappearing Fleet What the dickens did you go with those people for, when you found out that she was coming? Adam Johnstone's Son One day he finds he is in a dickens of a fix. Dollars and Sense "Why in the dickens don't you get out of a fellow's way?" snapped Herbert, supporting the machine and glaring round at Phil. Rival Pitchers of Oakdale "How the dickens did I do that?" he demanded in surprise. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Then it was that I bethought me, 'Why the dickens shouldn't I play Baron Hardfeldt?' The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography I began weakly by asking myself why the dickens I—with enough for my needs—had bound myself to write this thing within a given time, at the risk of turning out inferior work. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales But how the dickens did he get into the cart? The Mark Of Cain "Why in the dickens didn't he tell me about you being at Ferguson's office when we were both on the same trail?" Every Man for Himself "Nurse says I'm the dickens an' all at my Bible, and that I know Genesis better'n she does." April's Lady A Novel "Black Bill?" said the Captain, with something of a start; "the dickens, you say!" Children of the Tenements It is raining like the dickens in London, and miserable beyond description. The Angel of Terror “No, don’t stop for that, sir,” cried his master; “tell me what the dickens this means.” Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea You’ve been frightening yourself into a belief that you are poisoned, and here’s your pulse up, the dickens knows how high. Middy and Ensign To the dickens with your city Where they herd the brainless brats, On a range so badly crowded There ain't room to cuss the cat. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads “Certainly not; but there may be rhinoceros or elephant, if the island is big enough, or near the mainland, and—what the dickens is that?” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle A fellow may swot himself into a rag, and not a word will be said, but if he oversteps an inch for his own amusement there’s the dickens to pay. A College Girl “Who the dickens are you?” he cried, shaking him as a terrier would a rat. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel How the dickens was I to know it was you standing stuck-up against that tree like two tent poles in a roll of canvass? Middy and Ensign Why, what the dickens have you got to be afraid of, man? Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea “What the dickens do you mean by shipping yourself aboard my vessel in this fashion without leave or license?” The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea “And what the dickens are you doing aboard my ship?” asked Captain Dinks in an angry tone; but the others could see that he was half-laughing as he spoke. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land “What the dickens do you want here, confound you!” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel Why, what the dickens are you laughing at, man? The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection “Wh–a-at—what the dickens d’ye mean?” roared out “Old Jock,” touched on his tenderest point, the word “marmalade” to him having the same effect as a red rag on a bull. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea How the dickens you fellows can manage to breathe down here I can’t understand. A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story Now, I wonder what the dickens they want with me, and what they intend to do with me now that they have me. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru “Then how the dickens has this fellow Insimbi contrived in the course of a single day to communicate with the king and get a reply from him?” The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa And why the dickens did you not write to me at once when the party failed to turn up?” The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection “What the dickens do ye mean, man?” said the captain, angry at the mystification. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea If we don’t find that wrack there’ll be the dickens to pay in the forecastle. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn It says—this ignorant herd—'If these fellows are not heading for Rome, then where the dickens are they heading?' Brother Copas What the dickens is up now, I wonder? The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa "I'm sorry as the dickens, sweetheart," he went on, tenderly, and the grin disappeared. Spacehounds of IPC Then I should like to know what the dickens he means by such conduct as this? Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea He sprang to his feet, however, when Theodore advanced still supporting his companion, and questioned eagerly: "What the dickens is to pay?" Three People "The dickens is, there won't be any trout at this rate!" Brother Copas No wonder that he was in such a dickens of a bad temper! The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa "An ocean," said I. "How the dickens do you expect to sail a boat like that off here in the woods, where there isn't enough water to float a parlor-match?" The Autobiography of Methuselah "I seem to have a regular dickens of a stomach-ache," he grunted. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies My stomach feels queer and it hurts like the dickens every once in a while. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life I went to sleep, wondering how the dickens I happened to be in St. Paul, which was what I understood her to say. The Emma Gees Where the dickens can they have come from?” The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa "Why the dickens doesn't he study, then?" grumbled Harry. Left End Edwards Now, that was the dickens of a place to camp! Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies "What the dickens have you been doing there?" Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Most certainly," said I. "But where the dickens will you find two such stones? R. Holmes & Co. "What the dickens do you want it for to-night?" said Blake. Marion's Faith. What the dickens was he to write about? Left End Edwards "Oh, the dickens!" stammered General Ashley; and out he rolled, in a hurry. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies Why the dickens can't you leave me in peace till I'm through? The Great Amulet "I wish to the dickens I knew whether these were real or paste!" he muttered, taking the extra pendants from his wallet as he spoke. R. Holmes & Co. This was again done to gain time while the authorities were putting their heads together, trying to find out "what the dickens" she could want in Johannesburg. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service "Annymone, what the dickens are they?" asked a man with a linen duster. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs "What the dickens was she doing?" he asked himself at last. The Cross-Cut "Why the dickens not?" cried the other, flinging out his hands. The Napoleon of Notting Hill "What the dickens are you trying to do—batter the house down?" R. Holmes & Co. If you do, there will be the dickens to pay—simply call it '—— House,' near Sandyford Place. Scottish Ghost Stories Where in the dickens have I met you? Quin I suppose I'll have to put up somewhere for the night; it's a dickens of a way to anywhere out here. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur And it's going to be a dickens of a fight! The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis "But how the dickens did you manage to put a crook like that on the grand- tier floor?" R. Holmes & Co. "How in the dickens you can see in this darkness beats me," said the Colonel. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Besides, what the—what the dickens are you going to do with them? More Tish Kids, we were in one dickens of a fix. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder I want to get out and hustle like the dev—dickens. Where the Sun Swings North "What in the dickens do you suppose that was, Frank?" demanded Bluff, turning his face, marked by a commingling of wonder and awe, on his comrade. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery |
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