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Old Harry en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (informal) The Devil.
   • 'For if Old Harry's a mind to do a bit o' kindness for a holiday, like, who's got anything against it?' 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter X, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

Deriveds

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Synonyms

Jack Ketch · Evil One · Satan · Old Serpent · Serpent · Azazel · Dragon · Sam Scratch · Iblis · Old Nick · deuce · deceiver · shaitan · leviathan · Old Ned · Mephistopheles · Old Scratch · lord of the flies · bogey · Son of the Dawn · Old Harry · Old Serpent · Antichrist · Ash-Shaytan · Old Scratch · Beelzebub · Gog · Old Hairy · Adversary · Old Gentleman · Prince of Evil · Beast · diablo · Enemy · Father of Lies · Prince of Darkness · cosmocrat · Diabolus · archfiend · Devil · Prince of Demons · Lucifer · Al-Shaytaan · Aduwallah · Old Nick · dickens · Old One