deil
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"Bonny wark," he cried, "deil burn me gin I listed for this!"
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)
"And whar the deil are ye to get them?"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
But deil may care—wad ye believe it?—it was gien against us here, too, cast wi' a' expenses.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
"Na," said the poor man, "the Bible tells ye that if ye resist the deil he flees frae ye, but if ye resist her she flees at ye."
From Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories by Chambers, F. W.
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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