Old Nick
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Old Nick
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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The protest made Old Nick’s Pub the latest target of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that’s increasingly targeting drag story times across the U.S.
From Seattle Times
Old Nick Williams is opting to donate its cleaning products, along with Durham Distillery and others, to hospitality businesses.
From Washington Times
Their best answer to date is the other “goblin metal” closely associated with cobalt, nickel, whose name comes from a German spirit closely related to Old Nick.
From Economist
The outside of Old Nick’s is unprepossessing and the inside only a little better.
From The Guardian
His deputy called him diabolus bibliothecae, “the devil of the library”; others referred to him simply as Old Nick.
From The New Yorker
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