deuce it

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Kecmanovic, though, wins four points in a row ... only to be diddled by an incredible lob; deuce it is, then again when Monfils nails a blazing forehand.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2022

The French people must be kept interested in this performance, and how the deuce it is to be done without advertising I don't know.

From Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica by Bangs, John Kendrick

The sense of solitude at Roselawn made the outside world something so remote and apart that there was genuine curiosity to discover what the deuce it had been doing with itself during the house-party's retreat.

From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley

I don’t know what the deuce it is, but the nearest description to it in a ‘Materia Medica,’ etc., is pemphigus, so pemphigus it is, and he has been ‘tonic-ed’ and massaged.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

I hope the deuce it won't get the prize.

From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)