what the devil or deuce!

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• What the deuce? — interrog. What has happened?; What? (Deuce is an old word for devil.) □ What the deuce! Who are you? □ What the deuce! Who did this? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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• deuce — deuce1 [do͞os, dyo͞os] n. [ME deus, dewes < OFr deus < L duos, acc. of duo, TWO] 1. a playing card with two spots 2. the side of a die bearing two spots, or a throw of the dice totaling two 3. [< Fr à deux de jeu] Tennis Badminton etc. a …   English World dictionary

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• deuce — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dewes, from Anglo French deus two, from Latin duos, accusative masculine of duo two more at two Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) the face of a die that bears two spots (2) a playing card bearing an index number two b …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deuce — I. /djus / (say dyoohs) noun 1. a card, or the side of a die, having two pips. 2. Tennis, etc. a juncture in a game at which the scores are level and either player (or pair) must gain a lead of two points in order to win the game. 3. Also, deucer …  

• deuce —   1. Evasion of devil.    ♣ What the deuce are we to do?  2. the deuce to pay Trouble. Serious consequences …   A concise dictionary of English slang

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