We were working like the dickens when the rain started and made us quit for the day.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
like the Dickens — Meaning A lot; as in hurts like the dickens . Origin Nothing to do with Charles Dickens. Dickens is a euphemism for the word devil, possibly via devilkins. Shakespeare used it in the Merry Wives of Windsor: I cannot tell what the dickens his name … Meaning and origin of phrases
George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! — Infobox Album Name = George Jones Sings Like The Dickens! Type = studio Artist = George Jones Released = 1964 Recorded = Genre = Country Length = Label = United Artists Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… … Wikipedia
George Jones Sings Like the Dickens! — Album par George Jones Sortie 1964 Genre Country Label United Artists Records Critique Allmusic … Wikipédia en Français
the dickens — ● what * * * the dickens informal + old fashioned used to make a statement or question more forceful What the dickens [=the devil] do you mean? We ll have to work like the dickens [=very hard] to finish this project … Useful english dictionary
like hell — {adv.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} 1. With great vigor. * /As soon as they saw the cops, they ran like hell./ 2. {interj.} Not so; untrue; indicates the speaker s lack of belief in what he heard. * /Like hell you re gonna bring me my dough!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
like hell — {adv.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} 1. With great vigor. * /As soon as they saw the cops, they ran like hell./ 2. {interj.} Not so; untrue; indicates the speaker s lack of belief in what he heard. * /Like hell you re gonna bring me my dough!/ … Dictionary of American idioms
Dickens, Vancouver — Street and houses in the Dickens neighbourhood of East Vancouver (with North Shore Mountains in background) Dickens is a small neighbourhood in East Vancouver, Canada. Contents … Wikipedia
dickens — Unit to measure pain. Derived from the phrase, Hurts like the dickens. When I cut my finger, I experienced about 23 kilo dickens of pain … Dictionary of american slang
dickens — Unit to measure pain. Derived from the phrase, Hurts like the dickens. When I cut my finger, I experienced about 23 kilo dickens of pain … Dictionary of american slang
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DICKENS, CHARLES° — (1812–1870), English novelist. One of his first full length novels, Oliver Twist (1837–38), devoted to the evils of the poor law system, introduces a Jewish villain, Fagin, a corrupter of youth and receiver of stolen goods. With Shakespeare s… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
