Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Flock made out of old woolen materials by the machine called a devil; shoddy. See
devil , n., 9 .
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Examples
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But while the armorer is thrusting in his devil's-dust, and dropping his ball, and lighting his flambeau, I can very easily loose six shafts, or eight maybe, so he hath no great vantage after all.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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But while the armorer is thrusting in his devil's-dust, and dropping his ball, and lighting his flambeau, I can very easily loose six shafts, or eight maybe, so he hath no great vantage after all.
The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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But while the armorer is thrusting in his devil's-dust, and dropping his ball, and lighting his flambeau, I can very easily loose six shafts, or eight maybe, so he hath no great vantage after all.
The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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But while the armorer is thrusting in his devil's-dust, and dropping his ball, and lighting his flambeau, I can very easily loose six shafts, or eight maybe, so he hath no great vantage after all.
The White Company 1890
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The Honourable Member complains unmusically that there is 'devil's-dust' in Yorkshire cloth.
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The Honourable Member complains unmusically that there is 'devil's-dust' in Yorkshire cloth.
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. Thomas Carlyle 1838
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