Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dickens \Dick"ens\, n. or interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim.
   devilkins.]
   The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]

         I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

dickens
     n 1: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
          "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: {devil},
           {deuce}]
     2: English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social
        injustice (1812-1870) [syn: {Charles Dickens}, {Charles
        John Huffam Dickens}]