Old Nick
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Old Nick
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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It was a trap star named Nicky Jam, glittering with diamonds and surrounded by friends and bodyguards.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2019
“There’s so much despair in terms of conservation these days,” a botanist named Nicky Meeson said.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018
His character, a veteran grifter named Nicky, is a smooth and confident operator, but with a Bogartian undertow of weary melancholy.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2015
If the well pays off, said she, it will be named Nicky, after her six-year-old son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mala, a pretty actress named Irene Champlin and a Rubinstein operator named Nicky.
From Time Magazine Archive
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