definition of
dickens

[1] #1 dickens n. [devil, deuce] a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say". wn

[2] #2 dickens n. [Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens] English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870). wn