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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Devil in Dublin City (The).
 
The Scandinavian form of Dublin was Divelin [a], and the Latin Dublinia. (See Notes and Queries, April 9th, 1881. p. 296, for another explanation.)
       
“Is just as true’s the deil’s in hell
Or Dublin city.”
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Burns: Death and Dr. Hornbook.
 


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