divils

I might as well marry a whirlwind as one of thim wild divils.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

Father Hogan, especially in casting out divils, and a portly, good-looking man too, only he had a large rubicon nose, which people said he got by making over free with the cratur in sacret.

Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

They had a great contempt for the farrier because he fought them, and he used to go about the village complaining of them and their "tratement" of him, "the little divils, spoilin 'the pace of the whole neighbourhood."

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

Irish Fusiliers who had lost his regiment, met another soldier on the road and begged for the loan of his rifle "just to get a last pop at the divils."

Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters James Alexander Kilpatrick

The poor divils were crowded like cattle on cars, and it was one of the hot smothering nights.

Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong

"Oh, but it's little divils yez are, the lot of ye!" cried Kitty as she separated them.

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Sarah Grand

Said my erstwhile friend and bunkie "Hickey" Flynn: "Av coorse, Moiles will be after sendin 'a message to Lazelle to bring the Ateenth fut up at once, and thin the smashin' we will be after givin 'them rid divils will make a wake look sick."

Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

"Look at thim divils retratin 'with their backs facin' us," was an Irish remark about the Germans that made his fellows roar.

Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters James Alexander Kilpatrick

But whin those divils began reelin 'at me, I had to trait thim with scarrun and contimpt.

The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille

"The thing that makes me mad is that the German divils who exploded the bomb all got away," exclaimed the sergeant bitterly.

Bob Cook and the German Spy Paul Greene Tomlinson