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    Colloqialisms for the Devil

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    In Emma he is referred to as "the black gentleman".
    In Bleak House he is referred to as "the enemy".
    According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
    Charles Dickens, by George Orwell

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    Auld Hornie, nick, clootie. Pulaidh Dubh, an t-aighaisteir. Auld Hangie

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    Beelzebub, Dick Cheney

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    The slinking whisperer.

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    The Other Fella.

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    Old Nick and Old Scratch.

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