Yes-so they would. But I hate to hear 'em abuse him so like the dickens when he never done-that.
Analysis of character depiction in charles dickens novel through "Hard Times
Folds used to be willing to wait patiently for a slow-moving stage coach, but now they kick like the dickens if they miss one revolution of a revolving door.
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
"Oliver twist" is one of the masterpiece of dickens, book orphans oliver experience as the main line, describes an orphan upper-class how into.