the deuce en · ADV
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Synonym of the devil (“adding emphasis”)
"[…] Well, as regards Mr. Carrados I have already arranged, as he suggests, to 'do something.'" "The deuce you have!" said Nickle, staring his curiosity. "How is it to be wangled?"
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London: