deil

Historical Examples

• "Deil tak the hindmost" is by no means the crie de guerre of my muse.

  The Letters of Robert Burns

  Robert Burns

• "The deil a word o' that's i' the word itsel, though," rejoined David with a smile.

  David Elginbrod

  George MacDonald

• "But somehow 'deil' doesn't sound as bad as devil," argued Blanche.

  Hunter's Marjory

  Margaret Bruce Clarke

• Weel, hoo the deil do ye ken whether this be the road or no?

  The Jest Book

  Mark Lemon

• He's as polite and friendly as the deil, but he'll have naething to do with me or with onybody.

  Greyfriars Bobby

  Eleanor Atkinson