dickens
The word “dickens,” used by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor (‘I cannot tell what the dickens his name is”), is most probably a shortened form of “devilkins,” meaning “little devils.”
dickens
The word “dickens,” used by Shakespeare in The Merry Wives of Windsor (‘I cannot tell what the dickens his name is”), is most probably a shortened form of “devilkins,” meaning “little devils.”