All 5 Uses of
infernal
in
Oliver Twist
- I might have know'd, as nobody but an infernal, rich, plundering, thundering old Jew could afford to throw away any drink but water—and not that, unless he done the River Company every quarter.†
Chpt 13
- A young woman stumbled over a bit last night, and fell against my garden-railings; directly she got up I saw her look towards his infernal red lamp with the pantomime-light.†
Chpt 14 *
- Mr. Chitling added, with strong marks of irritation, that the new way of fumigating clothes up yonder was infernal unconstitutional, for it burnt holes in them, and there was no remedy against the County.†
Chpt 18
- Fire this infernal den!†
Chpt 26
- 'Not that infernal hole we were in before,' she could hear the man say as they went upstairs.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(infernal) very bad; or very annoying; or characteristic of hell or the underworld