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From: "MICHAEL. CHAPPELL" <>
Subject: Re: [OLDWORDS] "deucedly"
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 15:29:47 +0100


Hi all,

The above is a C1880 - 1920's fashionable English mischeavous exclamatory
word meaning "Devillishly clever" or "Confoundedly clever." Derived from
DEUCE the Devil or confoundedly.

The character 'Jeeves' used it, probably 'Sherlock Holmes' too!

Best wishes.

Mikey.
M. J. Watson Chappell.

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Date: 03 April 2000 14:10
Subject: Re: [OLDWORDS] "deucedly"



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Subject: [OLDWORDS] "deucedly"


> I found this word in my old correspondence letters. He was quoting an
> Englishman, and said "it is deucedly practical ye know." Does anyone know
> what the word deucedly means? Thanks.
>
> LeAnne


Roughly the same as "devilishly"

Martha

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