What is the meaning of DEVIL. Phrases containing DEVIL
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Red Devils is slang for secobarbital.
Dispirited. "I have the blue devils today.â€
Devil screecher is Dorset slang for a swift.
Beat the Devil around the Stump
To evade responsibility or a difficult task. "Quit beatin' the devil around the stump and ask that girl to marry you."
To raise the devil is slang for to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble.
Mischief, devilry.
The devil was possibly a slang term for the garboard seam, hence "between the devil and the deep blue sea" being an allusion to keel hauling.
Red devil is London Cockney rhyming slang for a spirit level.
Give the devil his due is slang for be fair to someone.
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In the days of sail, paying the devil was a term for sealing the devil seam. It was a difficult and unpleasant job.
Devil's buckie is slang for a perverse, refractory youngster.
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A she-devil.
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A little devil; a devilet.
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Alt. of Devil bird
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of Devilry
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The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils.
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To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
v. t.
To make a devil of.
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of Deviltry
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Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.
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Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme.
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A little devil.
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Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry.
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A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
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The character or person of a devil or the devil.
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Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
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of Dare-deviltry
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Deviltry.
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A young devil.
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