deil
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And wha the deil cares whether ye like me or no?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
“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
The deil a shore I'll gang to, please Providence, but Leith shore.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
The deil tak sic wooers,' quo Tipperty's Jean.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
"There's just one bit consolation—we can very well spare him; and ye'll mind what the douce provost said in the song—'Just e'en let him be; the toon is weel quit o' that deil o' Dundee.'"
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
