Dickens is a euphemism for "devil". From Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor",(Act III, Scene II).
"I cannot tell what the dickens his name is".
(NOT from Charles Dickens.)
"I cannot tell what the dickens his name is".
(NOT from Charles Dickens.)
by Alanxxxxxxx April 14, 2006
Get the What the Dickens?mug.