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Nick, n.2|nɪk| [Prob. the familiar abbreviation of the name Nicholas, but the reason for the appellation is obscure. There is no evidence of connexion with any of the forms cited under nicker n.1] The devil. Usually Old Nick.
a1643in Ebsworth Merry Drollery App. (1875) 394 For Roundheads Old Nick stand up now. 1668[see old a. 9 b]. 1694Echard Plautus 14 Wou'd Old Nick had these bloody-minded Fellows. a1743Ozell tr. Brantome's Sp. Rhodomont. (1744) 25 Old Nick himself was never painted half so ugly. 1774Goldsm. Retal. 58 We wished him full ten times a day at Old Nick. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. St. Medard Moral, Unless you're too Saintly to care about Nick. 1886Besant Childr. Gibeon i. viii, When you..made us laugh with your conceit, being always conceited as Old Nick. |