Old Nick
Speech parts
1. Old Nick - Noun
2. Old Nick - Proper noun
Meaning
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
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His friends referred to him as "Moor", owing to his dark complexion and black curly hair, while he encouraged his children to call him "Old Nick" and "Charley".
However, when miners were unable to extract any copper from it, they blamed a mischievous sprite of German mythology, Nickel (similar to Old Nick ), for besetting the copper.
The element's name comes from a mischievous sprite of German miner mythology, Nickel (similar to Old Nick ), that personified the fact that copper-nickel ores resisted refinement into copper.
Not like Old Nick is going to cash out right away, right?