as in Satan
the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell he gave me a look that would scare Old Nick

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Noun
  • At Logan, upon her return from Lebanon to the Great Satan (as her Hezbollah heart-throbs call the US), the feds got a load of the pictures of multiple Muslim terrorists on her phone.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Join 1 other in the comments View Comments RJ Rushmore, an art enthusiast from Philadelphia, began closely following MSCHF’s work following the Satan Shoes controversy in 2021 and, soon after, started collecting pieces from its drops.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Wooly devil grows near drought-tolerant plants, including ocotillo, hedgehog cactus and creosote.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Ellis, who headlined Lucifer for its six-season run on Fox and Netflix, recently did a season-long arc on Hulu’s Tell Me Lies and will play a lead opposite Sterling K. Brown on the upcoming Hulu limited series Washington Black.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Though the actor has played a U.S. president in 24 and God in Lucifer, fans recognize him most as the face of Allstate Insurance, having starred in the company’s commercials since 2013.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Old Nick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Old%20Nick. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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