Boyle: […] If they’ve taken everything else form us, Joxer, they’ve left us our memory.
Joxer: For mem’ry’s the only friend that grief can call it’s own, that grief…can…call…it’s own! Juno and the Paycock (Act I) | Sean O’Casey
Joxer: For mem’ry’s the only friend that grief can call it’s own, that grief…can…call…it’s own! Juno and the Paycock (Act I) | Sean O’Casey
deucedly
\DOO-sid-lee, adverb:
Devilishly; damnably.
When I went in I had seen that there was a deucedly pretty girl sitting in that particular seat, so I had taken the next one.
— P. G. Wodehouse, Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories
It’s most important. You will put me in a deucedly awkward position if you don’t.
— C. S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
Deucedly is related to the word deuce which refers to the face of a die with one dot, as in “to roll deuces.” It comes from the Latin word for two, duos. In the mid-1600s, it became associated with bad luck, probably because it was the lowest score you could get when playing dice.
Valentines day sucks but these stickers are deffo more up my street for a bit of a giggle if I had a girlfriend haha.
