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Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw.
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Meaning of "dickens" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DICKENS

From the name Dickens.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DICKENS

dickens  [ˈdɪkɪnz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DICKENS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dickens is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DICKENS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens was forced to leave school to work in a factory when his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Dickens sprang to fame with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DICKENS


Atkins
ˈætkɪnz
buckskins
ˈbʌkˌskɪnz
cootikins
ˈkuːtɪˌkɪnz
Dawkins
ˈdɔːkɪnz
Eakins
ˈiːkɪnz
galligaskins
ˌɡælɪˈɡæskɪnz
gallygaskins
ˌɡælɪˈɡæskɪnz
Hawkins
ˈhɔːkɪnz
hens-and-chickens
ˈhenzəndˈtʃɪkɪnz
Hopkins
ˈhɒpkɪnz
Jenkins
ˈdʒɛŋkɪnz
moleskins
ˈməʊlˌskɪnz
Nollekens
ˈnɒləkɪnz
oilskins
ˈɔɪlskɪnz
spillikins
ˈspɪlɪkɪnz
thumbikins
ˈθʌmɪˌkɪnz
Wilkins
ˈwɪlkɪnz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DICKENS

dichroscopic
dicht
dicier
diciest
dick
Dick test
dickcissel
Dickensian
dicker
dickey
dickey bow
dickeybird
dickhead
dickier
dickies
dickiest
Dickinson
dicky
dicky bow
dickybird

WORDS THAT END LIKE DICKENS

Amiens
Athens
Clemens
dozens
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gardens
gens
greens
heavens
hen-and-chickens
Homo sapiens
Horsens
lens
Owens
Queens
Rubens
siemens
Steffens
Stevens
teens

Synonyms and antonyms of dickens in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dickens» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DICKENS

Find out the translation of dickens to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dickens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dickens» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

狄更斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dickens
570 millions of speakers

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dickens
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डिकेंस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ديكنز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Диккенс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Dickens
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দিবি্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dickens
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dickens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ディケンズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

디킨스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dickens
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hòa nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவை பேய்களைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिकएन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şeytan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diavolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dickens
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Діккенс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Dickens
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dickens
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drommel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dickens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dickens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dickens

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DICKENS»

The term «dickens» is very widely used and occupies the 21.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DICKENS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dickens

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4 QUOTES WITH «DICKENS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dickens.
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Michael Caine
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
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Claire Tomalin
Dickens is a lover of human beings; a relisher of human beings.
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Claire Tomalin
Dickens was a part of how the whole celebration of Christmas as we know it today emerged during the 19th century.
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Dazzy Vance
Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICKENS»

Discover the use of dickens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dickens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Little Dorrit
As for many of Dickens' novels, highlighting social injustices is at the heart of Little Dorrit.
Charles Dickens, 1868
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The Old Curiosity Shop
In this tale, first published serially in 1841 and 1842, Dickens follows Nell Trent, an angelic and unfailingly virtuous girl of "nearly fourteen" and her grandfather as they navigate a world populated by villains, criminals and ne'er-do ...
Charles Dickens, 1841
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Dickens
Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990.
Peter Ackroyd, 2002
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood and trying to be a gentleman along the way.
Charles Dickens, 2009
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The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the ...
The author of such works as "Oliver Twist" and "A Christmas Carol" retells the story of Jesus Christ for his own children.
Charles Dickens, 1999
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The Adventures of Oliver Twist
This is a free digital copy of a book that has been carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.
Charles Dickens, 1866
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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox ...
Offering a vivid picture, organized by subject area, of what nineteenth-century English life was really like, a one-of-a-kind reference casts an illuminating light on the era's manners, morals, and institutions.
Daniel Pool, 1994
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Three Ghost Stories
Three short ghost stories (in the vein of A Christmas Carol) that originally appeared as Christmas tales. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 5.5-by-8.5-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
Charles Dickens, 2009
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Dickens: A Biography
Dickens unearths the complex passions that drove both the man and his work, illuminating why the legendary author—just like the characters in his fiction—has remained a mammoth figure in Western literature.
Fred Kaplan, 2013
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The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens
The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers.
John O. Jordan, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICKENS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dickens is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dennis Dickens - Daily Journal
BONNE TERRE -- Dennis E. Dickens, 58, of Bonne Terre passed away July 2, 2015. He was born May 15, 1957 in St. Louis to the late Norman ... «Daily Journal Online, Jul 15»
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Tributes line Dickens Heath canal where 18-year-olds body found …
TRIBUTES line the towpath where the body of an 18-year-old girl was found in a canal in Dickens Heath. The teenager, named simply in ... «Solihull Observer, Jul 15»
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A New Pineapple Rum, With a Nod to Dickens - NDTV Food
A New Pineapple Rum, With a Nod to Dickens Many of Charles Dickens' characters like to drink as much as their creator did. They fill pages by ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Great expectations after Dickens returns with win (From Redditch …
REDDITCH middleweight Carl Dickens made a successful return to the ring with a points win over Halesowen hard-man Kevin McAuley. «Redditch Advertiser, Jul 15»
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A New Pineapple Rum, With a Nod to Dickens - The New York Times
Freddie Sarkis, bar manager of Broken Shaker in Chicago, mixes a drink using Plantation Pineapple Rum Stiggins' Fancy, a Dickens-inspired ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Frances Dickens: My summer Budget wishlist
The UK's 5.2 million small businesses currently account for 48% of UK private sector employment and 33% of private sector turnover. Many of ... «London Loves Business, Jul 15»
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Subtext of Charles Dickens' double entendres
Charles Dickens. Of the name chosen for the proprietor of the boarding house 'for young gentlemen' in Martin Chuzzlewit, Pedr James writes: ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Discover A Dickens Of A Year
He will bring to life the extraordinary and productive life of Charles Dickens when in 1848 he had an incredible year of furious activity - three ... «Eastbourne Herald, Jul 15»
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Body of teenage girl found in Dickens Heath canal
The body was discovered by a member of the public in the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal, which runs through Dickens Heath at 6am this morning ... «Solihull Observer, Jul 15»
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Dickens, Scurry counties now offering marriage licenses to same …
Same-sex couples can now legally wed in roughly the same number of South Plains counties as they cannot. Dickens and Scurry counties are ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»

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