raise the dickens

Example Sentences

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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 Day, Holman

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 Broun, Heywood

"And be thankful you haven't got a man to raise the dickens when the bill comes in."

From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Ferber, Edna

"Them flyin' chunks raise the dickens sometimes," he observed.

From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.