deil
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“May the deil fly awa’ wi’ the hail pack o’ them!” said he, almost blubbering with excitement and indignation.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
For, said they, he was a good tyke that would not sup kail with the Pope nor yet the deil, and so had no need of his long spoon.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"For twa, if you like," replied the woman; "a puir fusionless lee that, and no worth sending a body to the deil for."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
An' the awesome thing o't a' is that the ill deil declared that he had half-a-dizzen wives, and that he could mainteen the richts o' that too.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
This charge is borne out by a proverb used by the Scot, who is a student of human nature: "If the deil were de'ed, God wad na be served so weel."
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
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