raise the dickens
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Under the microscope, the bobbypins were found to have sawtooth edges that "raise the dickens with teeth."
From Time Magazine Archive
He understands that air strata raise the dickens with whistle-blasts.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
"But won't they raise the dickens when the breakup comes?"
From Swamp Cat by James Arthur Kjelgaard
Suppose they thought if they had it any closer to the car the children might raise the dickens by playing with it.”
From Panther Eye by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
I got rather interested and thought some about going out for the Glee Club, but I knew Mr. Twice would raise the dickens if I didn't play football.
From The Boy Grew Older by Heywood Broun
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