Dickens
Dickens noun - A word used in exclamations of confusion.
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In Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, having put the most malicious interpretation on her actions possible, Madame Defarge plots to slander Lucie, her father, and her young daughter, denouncing them for conspiracy.
Source: Malicious Slander - According to one source (a friend/colleague), Dickens was reading some of them, turned to him with the most malicious look on his face, and said (roughly) "I'm going to kill off Little Nell."
Source: Too Good for This Sinful Earth
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