Meanings
nounyoke-devil (plural yoke-devils)
plural yoke-devils
- archaicA companion devil.
"Pride an' ignorance be the yoke-devils as have drawed you into this fix," said Chugg bluntly.
1902, Eden Phillpotts, The River1 more example
Yet it is characteristic of treason and murder among the great that the yoke-devils are not at once noticed by those not directly involved.
1976, George Richard Marek, The Bed and the Throne
Origin
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