Definitions for: Dickens


[n] a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
[n] English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)



Webster (1913) Definition: Dick"ens, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.
devilkins.]
The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]

I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak.

Synonyms: Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens, deuce, devil

See Also: author, exclaiming, exclamation, writer

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