dickens

Etymology
Origin: 1590–1600; apparently a fanciful use of the proper name, diminutive form of.

Noun

 * 1)  The devil.
 * She can go to the dickens for what she said.
 * You scared the dickens out of me.
 * 1) In the phrase the dickens.
 * Why the dickens did he do that?
 * We had the dickens of a row.
 * 1) A disturbance or row.
 * 1) A disturbance or row.