deuced
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Only the other day the Prime Minister himself said, 'Talbot, you're becoming a deuced bore about that voyage of yours.'
From Time Magazine Archive
And then, you see, we know so many people! it would be deuced strange if we didn't see some familiar face in a large party.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
Ever since I broke the glass at one hundred and twenty-nine I've been deuced uneasy.
From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton
"It's deuced hot," said Harris, with characteristic emphasis, as he lifted his hat to wipe a perspiring brow.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.
"Faith! then, Master Fred, I was deuced near doing it,—so near, that when I came away I scarcely knew whether I had or had not done so."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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