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Noun: the devil
  1. Something difficult or awkward to do or deal with
    "it will be the devil to solve"

Derived forms: the devils

Type of: difficulty, trouble

Encyclopedia: The devil, the world, & the flesh

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The Admirable Crichton
the Alps
the axe
the bee's knees
the bends
The Blitz
the boot
the chop
the City
The Dagda
the devil
the Flood
the fuzz
The Gambia
the Great Calamity
The Great Charter
the Great Compromiser
the Great Hunger
the Great Starvation
the great unwashed
The Hague