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Old Nick
noun
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
• Syn: ↑Satan, ↑Devil, ↑Lucifer, ↑Beelzebub, ↑the Tempter, ↑Prince of Darkness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑devilize (for: ↑Devil), ↑Satanic (for: ↑Satan)
• Topics:
↑Islam, ↑Islamism, ↑Mohammedanism, ↑Muhammadanism, ↑Muslimism, ↑religion, ↑faith, ↑religious belief
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑spiritual being, ↑supernatural being

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized O&N
: the personification of evil : devil, satan — called also Old Boy, Old Gooseberry, Old Harry, Old One, Old Scratch, Old Serpent

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Informal
the devil; Satan.
[1660-70]

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Old Harry, Old Nick, Old One, Old Poker or Old Scratch noun
The Devil
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Main Entry: ↑old
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Old Nick see ↑Old Harry above, and ↑Nick
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Main Entry: ↑old

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Old Nick UK US noun old-fashioned
the devil
Thesaurus: devil and worshipping the devilsynonym miscellaneous religions and their membershyponym

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[nik]
an informal name for the Devil
Origin:
mid 17th cent.: probably from a nickname for the given name Nicholas

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/ˈoʊldˈnık/ noun
chiefly Brit old-fashioned — used as a name of the devil

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ˌOld ˈNick noun (old-fashioned, humorous)
the Devil
 
Word Origin:
[Old Nick] mid 17th cent.: probably from a familiar form of the given name Nicholas.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.