dickens
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dickens /ˈdɪkɪnz/
▶noun informal used for emphasis, or to express annoyance or surprise when asking questions: what the dickens is going on?
– origin C16: a euphemism for ‘devil’, prob. a use of the surname Dickens.
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