"the Devil" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1771, Amyas Griffith, The Swadler. A New Comedy of Three Acts., Clonmell: […] Edward Collins, page 38:",
          "text": "What’s all this!-⁠-⁠-what’s here to do!-⁠-⁠-what the Devil are you all about!-⁠-⁠-Zounds! who do you want here, Mr. Trueman?",
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          "ref": "1982, The London Magazine, page 3:",
          "text": "Who the Devil are you? Where the Devil do you come from / And what the Devil are you doing crusted up like a cloud-cuckoo?",
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          "ref": "2015, Dewey Lambdin, Kings and Emperors, Canelo, published 2020, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Whatever did happen to you, sir? How the Devil did ye get captured? Once the Dons ran off, we couldn’t find hide nor hair of you.”",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, Devil."
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  "word": "the Devil"
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          "ref": "1771, Amyas Griffith, The Swadler. A New Comedy of Three Acts., Clonmell: […] Edward Collins, page 38:",
          "text": "What’s all this!-⁠-⁠-what’s here to do!-⁠-⁠-what the Devil are you all about!-⁠-⁠-Zounds! who do you want here, Mr. Trueman?",
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          "text": "Who the Devil are you? Where the Devil do you come from / And what the Devil are you doing crusted up like a cloud-cuckoo?",
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          "ref": "2015, Dewey Lambdin, Kings and Emperors, Canelo, published 2020, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“Whatever did happen to you, sir? How the Devil did ye get captured? Once the Dons ran off, we couldn’t find hide nor hair of you.”",
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  "word": "the Devil"
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