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Synonyms for she-devil
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : shee-dev-il, -dev- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃiˈdɛv ɪl, -ˌdɛv- |
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Définition of she-devil
Origin :- "difficult woman," 1840, from she + devil (n.).
- As in vixen : noun foxy person
- As in shrew : noun mean lady
- I suppose they've never found any trace of the she-devil, have they?
- Extract from : « A Tar-Heel Baron » by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton
- "You she-devil," he said in a low clear voice, turned on his heel and left the room.
- Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
- The disguise was good for all that; had it not been for that she-devil, I must have escaped.
- Extract from : « The Trapper's Daughter » by Gustave Aimard
- But the saints have made a mistake this time, for he is dead, and that she-devil has all.
- Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
- For there remained nothing further to say to such a she-devil of an expert.
- Extract from : « The Business of Life » by Robert W. Chambers
- Why should I go and saddle myself with a she-devil just when I'm coming into a bit of money?
- Extract from : « An Outback Marriage » by Andrew Barton Paterson
- To the eyes of some persons Sainte-Pelagie is a she-devil who burns the souls of young men.
- Extract from : « Ursula » by Honore de Balzac
- You are a—an angel-woman, but you can play a she-devil like an inspired creature.
- Extract from : « The Man Thou Gavest » by Harriet T. Comstock
- Damn you, if I had time, I'd wring your neck for this, you she-devil!
- Extract from : « The White Moll » by Frank L. Packard
- "Not one man in a hundred could have managed that she-devil as I have done," he thought.
- Extract from : « I Say No » by Wilkie Collins
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