dickens

The devil.

She can go to the dickens for what she said.

You scared the dickens out of me.

In the phrase the dickens (Used as an intensifier).

Why the dickens did he do that?

We had the dickens of a row.

A disturbance or row.

Hugh considered saying, Then I guess I'll just have to kick you a few times instead, you frog son of a bitch. Then he thought of that fat bastard Keeton, handing him a pink slip for kicking up dickens in the local tavern.

And lastly, thanks to my children, Dutch and Tallulah, for allowing me to see the magic of everything I love about popular culture anew through their eyes. This one is for you two dickens!

A surname originating as a patronymic, notably borne by Charles Dickens, English novelist.

A small city, the county seat of Dickens County, Texas, United States.