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yoke-devil

noun

yoke-devil

noun

Etymology From yoke + devil.

1

Archaic A companion devil.

  • "Pride an' ignorance be the yoke-devils as have drawed you into this fix," said Chugg bluntly.1902, Eden Phillpotts, The River:
  • Yet it is characteristic of treason and murder among the great that the yoke-devils are not at once noticed by those not directly involved.1976, George Richard Marek, The Bed and the Throne:

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