10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEVILMENT»
Discover the use of
devilment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
devilment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A collection of GM stories for Halloween focused on the selling of souls to the devil and paying his unique price.
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Faulkner's Subject: A Cosmos No One Owns
Dilsey said. "Lemme tell you somethin, nigger boy, you got jes es much Compson
devilment in you es any of em. Is you right sho you never broke dat window?" "
Whut I want to break hit fur?" "Whut you do any of yo devilment fur?" Dilsey said.
Philip M. Weinstein,
1992
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
con careful, heedful, responsible, thoughtful devilment n syn
MISCHIEVOUSNESS, devilry, deviltry, diablerie, mischief, roguery, roguishness,
sportiveness, waggery, waggishness devilry n syn MISCHIEVOUSNESS,
devilment, deviltry, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc,
1988
Dilsey said. “Lemme tell you somethin, nigger boy, you got jes es much Compson
devilment in you es any of em. Is you right sho you never broke dat window?” “
Whut I want to break hit fur?” “Whut you do any of yo devilment fur?” Dilsey said.
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
devilment. to be full of devilment Teufel: den Teufel im Balg haben to do s.th. from
/out of sheer devilment Mutwillen: etw. aus bloßem/reinem Mutwillen
tunMutwillen: etw. mit/(aus) Mutwillen tun ...
Professor Hans Schemann,
2013
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Experiencing Jazz: EBook Only
... the blues 'bout Miss So-and-So, and the child got the blues about me [Guitar
ends verses with final phrase] 1:29–1:55 Fourth verse I An' they's de'ilment,* she
got devilment* all on her mind IV I She's got devilment, little girl, you got
devilment ...
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Villains: Crime and Community in the Inner City
It was just silly, it's not childish, it's a way of gettin' pennies easier I s'ppose. Cos
kids of the age between 12 and 15 they don't wanna hurt anybody,...it's devilment
...more than anythink but as I say even if it's devilment you've gotta be frightened
...
It was just silly, it's not childish, it's a way of gettin' pennies easier I s'ppose. Cos
kids of the age between 12 and 15 they don't wanna hurt anybody,...it's devilment
...more than anythink but as I say even if it's devilment you've gotta be frightened
...
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The Little White Schoolhouse
There was no hard and fast line between teasing and what was often called
devilment. One bit of what must be called devilment took place in a little white
schoolhouse near Pattieville in Ohio County during the 1920s. A lad caught a
small ...
Ellis Ford Hartford,
2004
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Confessions of A Dying Thief
Was quite a bit of devilment on their part. For myself, having done the burglary
with Ronnie and then doing the time in the juvenile reformatory, there was very
little second-guessing on my part. Should we do this, should we do that? “Yeah,
let's ...
Sam Goodman Darrell J. Steffensmeier Jeffery T. Ulmer
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEVILMENT»
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devilment is used in the context of the following news items.
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The devilment of the narrow track, the draw bias and the ever present question mark over the going all posed their own conundrums, but there ... «Sporting Post, Jul 15»
Who's the only Oregonian to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature …
... where early settlers had "succeeded in whipping out of its corporate limits" enough "devilment and cussedness" to "line Hell a hundred miles. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
Remembering an absent friend
But nobody attempted essaying a canonisation either because there was a strand of devilment and good humour coursing through his DNA too ... «Mayo News, Jul 15»
Aidan Smith: Is Ciftci worth £1.5m to Celtic?
Ciftci is a good player, a proven SPFL player, a striker of no little devilment, an annoying presence I'm sure if you're a slow-turning ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
The Arts Interview: Caroline Keane
We are all zealous musicians, bold as brass, and full of devilment, and these personality traits are definitely reflected in our music. In effect, we ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»
Five things Dublin's hurlers need to do to save their season against …
Get rough. Dublin can respect Laois all they want but we'd like to see a bit of what Paidi O Se called the 'bit of fu**in' devilment' brought into their play. «SportsJOE, Jul 15»
Download Festival 2015 Saturday Review: Hysteria
... with 'Deep Six' from his acclaimed new album 'The Pale Emperor' before kicking into a double dose of devilment with 'Disposable Teen' and 'mOBSCENE'. «RockSins, Jul 15»
Richard's tale of beer and a bear provides a royal fanfare for Hitchin …
Still in costume and with the mask to hand, he was seized by devilment as he headed home past his workplace, the nearby Wm Carling & Co ... «Comet 24, Jul 15»
Remembering “Honor Camp” experiences
He vividly described what all the summer fire crews had been up to, finishing with “whatever one thought up in devilment, there was always ... «Forks Forum, Jun 15»
Schweinsteiger Is Classy Scrapper United Need...
... have always had an edge and a ruthless streak running through them, and there is a feeling that the current group lack a bit of devilment. «Football365.com, Jun 15»