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DICKENS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word used in exclamations of confusion

Example:

the dickens you say

Synonyms:

deuce; devil; dickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dickens" is a kind of...):

exclaiming; exclamation (an abrupt excited utterance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)

Synonyms:

Charles Dickens; Charles John Huffam Dickens; Dickens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Derivation:

Dickensian (of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions))

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