Deuce

deuce English Proper noun the Deuce en deuce the Devil. I 2 “I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it—walk in!” The “walk in,” was uttered with closed teeth and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!” en [Arthur Hamilton] The Confessions of a Scribbler. Containing Among Other Curious Autobiographical Matter, His Experiences of the Printers, Publishers, Reviewers, and Readers of a Modern Book. Merthyr Tydfil Printed and published for the author by H. W. Southey [1880?] 74 https://books.google.com/books?id=-DYqAAAAMAAJ&q=Deuce%E2%80%99s 48015229 “How in the Deuce’s name can they set up correctly from copy like that?” demanded he, in a fury. en F. J. M. Looking Christmas in the Face The Speaker: The Liberal Review London 22 December 1906 348 https://archive.org/details/sim_speaker-the-liberal-review_1906-12-22/page/348/mode/1up 2 606368195 THE Dickens Christmas has gone to the Deuce. Dickens probably did as much for the humanity of his time as most men, and certainly did more for Christmas than any man living or dead. Yet the Christmas he created has been allowed to become moribund. Its days are numbered, and the numbers are only the Christmas numbers. The ghost of his Christmas stalks through their pages.