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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a word used in exclamations of confusion;
- Example: "what the devil"
- Example: "the deuce with it"
- Example: "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]



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