dickens

3 definitions found

dickens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dickens \Dick"ens\, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.
     devilkins.]
     The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

dickens - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dickens
      n 1: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
           "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil,
           deuce, dickens]
      2: English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social
         injustice (1812-1870) [syn: Dickens, Charles Dickens,
         Charles John Huffam Dickens]

dickens - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Dickens, IA (city, FIPS 21360)
    Location: 43.13337 N, 95.02207 W
    Population (1990): 214 (84 housing units)
    Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 51333
  Dickens, NE (village, FIPS 13050)
    Location: 40.82583 N, 100.99345 W
    Population (1990): 16 (7 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 69132
  Dickens, TX (city, FIPS 20332)
    Location: 33.62126 N, 100.83583 W
    Population (1990): 322 (182 housing units)
    Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79229