noun
- plural of dickens; used as a mild oath or exclamation, often in the phrase 'what the dickens'
Usage: informal; chiefly British; euphemistic substitute for a stronger curse word
Examples
- What the dickenses is going on here?
- Where the dickenses did I put my keys?
- The dickenses if I know what he meant by that.
- Who the dickenses does he think he is?