devil devil

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devil devil

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Reduplicated form of devil; originally in Australian Pidgin English.

noun devil devils · debil-debil · devil-devil

Australia An evil spirit in traditional Aboriginal belief. But his lubra was there: she said he had gone away on some devil-devil business.

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@misc{devil_devil_2026,
  title = {devil devil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/devil%20devil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}