deil

How to use deil in a sentence

• There was a pounding on the thin partition wall, an oath and a shout "Whaur's the deil o' a dog?"

  Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson

• You may believe me or not, sir, there was every mortal business under the sun, but deil a bit of a lawyer.

  In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II | Various

• When he saw me, he cried: "Oh, Mr. M'Lauchlin, the deil's in this house this day."

  Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

• Youre no so blind as not to see shes no liking for him, but the deil has in a way mesmerised her.

  The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen

• But the deil gets hold of some very young, insisted the Scotchman.

  The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen