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Old Harry
noun
- Older Use. the devil; Satan.
Old Harry
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Old Harry1
First recorded in 1730–40
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Example Sentences
So I am going to go and wrap a cold compress around my head, like the Old Harry.
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T'S hard work to tell which is Old Harry when everybody's got boots on.
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One lolls about and sleeps all day long, and one's liver gets like a Strasburg goose's and plays Old Harry with one's temper.
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He called the press "Old Harry," and gave it such a cleaning up as it had not had since the early days of Anthy's father.
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The teachers are high-headed, the parents always dissatisfied, and the children act like the Old Harry.
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Mother, I think you would make excuses for the Old Harry himself.
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