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English noun: dickens

1. dickens (communication) a word used in exclamations of confusion


SamplesWhat the devil.
The deuce with it.
The dickens you say.


Synonymsdeuce, devil


Broader (hypernym)exclaiming, exclamation

2. Dickens (person) English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)


SynonymsCharles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens


Instance hypernymauthor, writer









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