Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

playing the dickens with

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
play-ing the dick-en-s with
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of play the dickens with

Questions

What does playing the dickens with mean?
present participle and gerund of play the dickens with

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