7 "Divil the bit" & less commonly “divil a bit" is an Irish English idiom meaning none at all. "Devil a bit" sounds like an anglicised version. Punch is a reference for Irish English the way Tom & …

Jan 14, 2021 · Antecedents of the expression in question Antecedents to the exact expression "sell [one's] soul to the devil" go back considerably earlier than the OED's circa 1570 citation. …

May 8, 2016 · Devil a mortal means 'not a single mortal [human]'. Devil a bit, a one, a thing etc means 'not one, none at all etc'. It is an fashioned English/Irish idiom. It is a firm though jocular …

Nov 17, 2022 · Kelly t’inks there do be a chance for his boy, Martin; but Martin’s a hard drinker an’ the owld man niver liked a bone in his body.” “May the divil fly away wid Clancy’s wife an’ her …

The phrase is Irish in origin but now very rarely used in Ireland (except as a sterotypical "Irishism"). It simply means "the best of the morning to you" - perhaps from the idea of …

Sep 8, 2019 · Two rate-payers were discussing the municipal situation, and one of them was heard to say, " Lookit 'ere, me bhoy; the divil a care what me principles are or what ould Mac. …

Feb 17, 2017 · Is there a word for the deliberate mispronunciation of words in order to confuse people, or to start a new trend of pronunciation? Ex. He often tried to impress us with his wit …

Apr 30, 2016 · 'Does your Majesty,' says I, seeing I was to be a man or a mouse, 'want a daycent honest boy to sarve you well, the divil a spalpeen of them all that would fire even a child's …