Old Nick

How To Use Old Nick In A Sentence

• Of course, as he tells his story, what emerges is his fundamental decency, and Old Nick remains unimpressed.
• Our trains are much more punctual and people are a lot happier, the old nickname seems to be gradually disappearing altogether.
• The encyclopedia tells us that nickel obtained its name because the copper and silver miners in Saxony found that ore containing this substance gave them a great deal of trouble and when smelted produced a brittle, unfamiliar product which they called kupfernickel after old Nick and his mischievous gnomes and when a man named Cronsted isolated nickel itself in 1751, he applied the name of kupfernickel or copper nickel -- since abbreviated to nickel, the word which we use today. Some Responsibilities Of International Business
• Old Nick's a toughish customer d'ye see, and a glutton for punishment; wind him, cross-buttock him or floor him wi 'a leveller amidships, but he'll come up smiling next round, ready and willin' for more, an 'fight back at you' ard as ever, alas! Peregrine's Progress
• Weird warlocks and witches are dancing to the sound of the bagpipes, played by Old Nick, the devil.
• Old Nick took a fancy, as many men tell, To come for a winter to live in Sorel. Dominion of Canada Day Luncheon
• Angela told Nick the tale of the mysterious apparition of a beauteous "nighty," and wondered how she could ever have felt unhappy, or depressingly grown up. The Port of Adventure
• Alicia's nostrils flared at the use of the old nick name.
• Victor has told Nick that he does not think any of the other housemates have "slagged" them off despite the pair spending lots of time with each other. All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
• But where's George, and poor old Nick?" asked Herb, as he shook hands with the skipper and crew of the _Tramp_, while Josh got the mudhook overboard. Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie