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Meanings of very deuce in English

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Usage of very deuce in English
1
Yes, the town's a fine place-thevery deuce of a fine place!
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
2
By the way, he's the very deuce of a man, isn't he?
The Celebrity, Volume 04
3
We're in for it, Avery; in for the very deuce of a row.
The Bars of Iron
4
Hazard is the very deuce for anybody; and you know Royal hates it.
Under Two Flags
5
He just raised the very deuce on the way down to New York.
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
6
These Yankee horses of yours have been playing the very deuce.
Beulah
7
I was resentful, wrathful, in the very deuce of a humor.
The Firefly of France
8
I've had the very deuce of a time over that Englishman.
Brewster's Millions
9
Indeed, teething children play the very deuce with a husband's temper.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
10
All this pampering of the poor is playing the very deuce with the country.
The Sunny Side
11
He was a warm-complexioned man, and this smothering played the very deuce with him.
Tales of a Traveller
12
Suddenly I snap my fingers many times and laugh: That was the very deuce!
Hunger
13
It was the very deuce of a situation-thedevil to pay and no pitch hot.
Stories of the Border Marches
14
I sometimes think family ties are the very deuce.
The Knave of Diamonds
15
You know I 'm the very deuce for observation.
Roderick Hudson
16
I can put up with everything else, but going without drink is the very deuce.
Original Short Stories — Volume 09
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