English

Proper noun

Old Gooseberry

1. (archaic, British slang) The Devil; Satan.

Synonyms

• Old Harry, Old Nick, Old Scratch

Derived terms

• play Old Gooseberry

References

• Farmer, John Stephen (1893) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 3, page 183
• Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge, 1973. ISBN 9780710077615.