devil to pay in English

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Etymology: Ellipsis of the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Ellipsis of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready</i></span>.|lang=}} Ellipsis of the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready., {{ellipsis of|en|the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready}} Ellipsis of the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready. Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=the devil to pay}} the devil to pay

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"devil to pay" meaning in English

Noun

Phrase