[syn: Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Dickens -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 2762
Housing Units (2000): 1368
Land area (2000): 904.208144 sq. miles (2341.888243 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.003910 sq. miles (2.600116 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 905.212054 sq. miles (2344.488359 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.591236 N, 100.816700 W
Headwords:
Dickens
Dickens, TX
Dickens County
Dickens County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Dickens, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 202
Housing Units (2000): 83
Land area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.838376 sq. miles (2.171383 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21360
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.130811 N, 95.020685 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51333
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dickens, IA
Dickens
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Dickens, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 332
Housing Units (2000): 163
Land area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.976282 sq. miles (2.528558 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20332
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.621341 N, 100.834987 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 79229
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dickens, TX
Dickens