Meaning & use
Old Nick
An informal, old-fashioned nickname for the Devil or Satan.
See it in a sentence
The villagers joked that only Old Nick himself could explain the strange lights over the moor.
In the old play, a mischievous character called Old Nick tempts the hero into trouble.
A note on using this word
Old Nick is used mainly in older or humorous writing rather than in modern everyday speech.
Words with a similar meaning
the DevilSatan
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