Once on a time there was a lad who was walking along a road cracking nuts, so he found one that was worm-eaten, and just at that very moment he met the Deil.
He's sweet when he wants but can be a real deil when he really wants to!
After all, in Falkirk the town hall carries the inscription, ‘Better meddle with the deil than with the bairns of Falkirk’.
‘What'll we do with the wee deil?‘asked the mother.
Definition of deil in US English:
deil
noundēl
deil take the hindmost!
Scottish form of devil
Example sentencesExamples
‘What'll we do with the wee deil?‘asked the mother.
Once on a time there was a lad who was walking along a road cracking nuts, so he found one that was worm-eaten, and just at that very moment he met the Deil.
He's sweet when he wants but can be a real deil when he really wants to!
After all, in Falkirk the town hall carries the inscription, ‘Better meddle with the deil than with the bairns of Falkirk’.