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“SERMON V. “VEXED with a devil;” she is devilled, that is, fully possessed.”
“Legation at Teheran; Bill "devilled" for a famous barrister; Lionel wore her Majesty's livery.”
“Hugo, the eldest, was Secretary of Legation at Teheran; Bill "devilled" for a famous barrister; Lionel wore her Majesty's livery.”
“I threw myself headlong into my father's work, acquainted myself with all the plans, their merits and defects, read besides in special books, made myself a master of the theory of strains, studied the current prices of materials, and (in one word) "devilled" the whole business so thoroughly, that when the plans came up for consideration, Big Head Dodd was supposed to have earned fresh laurels.”
“He "devilled" for Mr. Asstewt, the great Chancery man, which was the most excellent beginning: and he was getting into a little practice of his own which was not to be sneezed at.”
“devilled," it gave me renewed relish for the morning's champagne.”
“Next day, with a blinding hangover, Christopher ordered devilled kidneys.”
“Well, today saw devilled eggs, shortbread, and oatmeal raisin cookies made, and bread started.”
“At the moment, hyper-seasonal dishes such as morels, bamboo shoots and ramps served with Carolina Gold rice as well as devilled North Carolina blue crab cakes with hot Japanese mustard and pickled mustard seed are on the menu.”
The Wall Street Journal: White Borscht With Turnips, Savoy Cabbage and Horseradish
“Once, after one of their clashes, she devilled him at the piano, playing a mad damned thing that stirred and irritated him and set his pulse pounding wild and undisciplined fancies in the ordered chamber of his brain.”
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