what the deuce

What the deuce did she run away for, when I came in?

"What the deuce has that got to do with me?"

What the deuce was she doing up there without any clothes on?

"Now perhaps you'd be kind enough to explain what the deuce happened here?"

In short, what the deuce am I doing introducing him?

What the deuce could he mean by that, I wondered?

"What the deuce is he knocking at his own door for?"

"But what the deuce does Barney have to do with this?"

"What the deuce is the matter with me, this evening?"

"What the deuce can that girl be wanting in here every minute?"

And what the deuce did he mean by that Stuff?"

What the deuce have you done with yourself this last month?"

What the deuce had he intended to say about communion?

No; what the deuce would you call her for?

What the deuce, I thought, can the old skinflint want of me now?

What the deuce did she mean by appearing in such a gown?

What the deuce possessed you to get under my bed?"

"What the deuce did you mean by pretending to play the black?

And now what the deuce is this all about, anyway?"

I wondered at the time what the deuce you meant."

"What the deuce does he mean by writing to me in that style?

"What the deuce is he doing in this country?"

"What the deuce is she at our table for?"

At first Penny didn't know what the deuce it meant.

Say, what the deuce is four-tenths of a man anyway?