Meaning & use
Deil
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The devil (Scots dialect spelling).
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"The deil's awa wi' the exciseman," goes the old Robert Burns song.
She swore the deil himself must have tangled her knitting.
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A Scots dialect form best known from the poetry and songs of Robert Burns.
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