de'il

"God kens well enough that boys need to be smacked, or he'd no fill them sae full o 'the de'il."

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

And to hear Dougal and Colum speak of Black Brian, ye'd think he was the de'il himself, if not worse.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

"But it's by with now, thank goodness, and he's paid for a villain, de'il mend him, and I'm the happy woman that's done it, for I never thought to have the chance, and long I bided, waiting the day."

Watershed 2010

Give me the power and I would have used it any time it benefited me, and de'il take the hindmost, as my old Irish grandma would have said.

Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Give me the power and I would have used it any time it benefited me, and de'il take the hindmost, as my old Irish grandma would have said.

Beyond World's End Lackey, Mercedes 2000

"But it's by with now, thank goodness, and he's paid for a villain, de'il mend him, and I'm the happy woman that's done it, for I never thought to have the chance, and long I bided, waiting the day."

Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999

Steff always thought that was fair enough, given that for centuries longer it had been said back home in Scotland that 'the de'il has aw the best tunes'. the Believers obviously could not be playing the music of Satan, and although the beat, chord structures and arrangements matched the standard criteria, it would be folly to describe what they were doing as rock'n'roll.

Not the End of the World Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1998

And strod to the de'il wi 'the trash on their back.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various

Sae saying, I gared him climb a rape by whilk he gat abune the riggin o 'the bield, then steeking to the door thro' whilk he gaed, I jimp had trailed doun the rape, when in rinned twa red coat chiels, who couping ilka ane i 'their gait begun to touzle out the ben, and the de'il gaed o'er Jock Wabster.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

"What the de'il, mon, a pasty!" re-echoed the Scot.

A Poetical Cook-Book Maria J. Moss