the dickens
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The youngster “impressed the dickens out of me,” Eberhart said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2021
The way the Rams’ game imploded should scare the dickens out of L.A.’s players and coaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2020
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farmer and former Nebraska senator Norm Wallman: ‘Anything to get the ball rolling . You can plant it early in the spring, and it’s tough as the dickens.’
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2016
So why the dickens would he say incorrectly that Nevada’s voters are 80 percent white in a state that’s sparsely polled but when it is polled shows her well into the clear?
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2016
And this London address you’ve given me—what the dickens are you doing there?
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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