Cub
Cub noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball
Devil
Devil noun - An evil spirit.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The "bastard" part gets reformed at least slightly, but the "magnificent" part is still going strong in the next book, Devil's Cub.
Source: Creator / Georgette Heyer
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Devil and Cub. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cub/devil
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