English noun: dickens | |||
1. | dickens (communication) a word used in exclamations of confusion | ||
Samples | What the devil. The deuce with it. The dickens you say. | ||
Synonyms | deuce, devil | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exclaiming, exclamation | ||
2. | Dickens (person) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870) | ||
Synonyms | Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||