Used in Sir Arther Conan Doyles' Sherlock Holmes. Can be seen in Adventures of Sherlock Homles which was first published in Strand Magazine in late 1800's
"That familiarchap is giving me weird looks. What the deuce? is he up to?"
1. To speed past another car.
2. To beat a car in a race. Usually used when a person won by a large margin.
"That guy wanted to race me...I blew his doors off."
"He wants to race me and the only thing he has on is a muffler. I would blow the doors off that piece of shit."
The name your friend calls his ex-wife due to their bitter divorce which was caused massive credit card debt, her tendency to Bitch a lot, and her claim that she sold her soul to the Devil.
-Hey what is that picture of on your wall?
-Oh, that's the Spawn of the Devil and my divorce papers.