Popular Expressions and Phrases. This daily feature comprises an illustrated explanation of the origin of various popular expressions and phrases, figures of speech and historical references and allusions. HOW IT BgLQAN Berdanier m. I u.; ?*- To Hurt Like the Dickens ANCIENTLY "DICKENS” WAS A r-lOPif IED FORM OF “DEVIL” OR '‘OLD NICK ” AND WAS USED BY SHAKESPEARE IN “THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR/ WHERE MRS. PACE SAYS “l CANNOT tell what the ‘pickens’ his name IS V Mrs. H. f? frost. Worenter t /Vj)s. TO-MORROW: Weeping when Meeting Friends; The Mongoose.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19364, 18 September 1934, Page 7
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