Meanings
noundebil-debil (plural debil-debils)
plural debil-debils
- alternativeAlternative spelling of devil devil
‘Why all man so quiet?’ he asked. ‘Ogilla! Debil-debil.’ ‘Spirit man belonga bone?’ ‘Oo-ai. He follow all a time. He here now! Last night Charcoal hear him cry for bone belonga him!’
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 149
Origin
Originally in Australian Pidgin English.
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