deuced
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Origin of deuced
Example Sentences
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Only the other day the Prime Minister himself said, 'Talbot, you're becoming a deuced bore about that voyage of yours.'
From Time Magazine Archive
You're such a deuced clever old Johnny—I mean, Jinnee!
From The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts by F. Anstey
It's a hard thing having money! a deuced hard thing!
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
There had been boating and swimming and tennis and "a deuced pretty girl" down there at the resort where he had been recuperating, and yet he was glad to be back.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Heywood Broun
She was deuced bad aboard; and not much better ashore.
From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
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