Misfortune and disturbance in all undertakings, being cheated by bad people.
Dream dictionary: Devil, seeing the dream meanings
Superstitious people may dream of seeing this arch-enemy of mankind. If so, it foretells that they will go away from home to be absent some time. It also shows that they will be very fortunate in life. To a young girl it is a sign that she will either be well married or leave home, or leave for some other reason.
To dream that you are laughing indicates that you will encounter a pleasant situation and that your problems will disappear. Laughing is also a sign of your emotional state and happy life without major concerns. On the other hand, laughing may indicate your insecurities and fears. To dream of laughing kids denotes to joy and health. Seeing a devil laughing represents feelings of humiliation or helplessness.
…till the whiskey flowed. And all the while the alcohol poured from me, and I saw them gulp it down, my thirst and craving for it grew, and I besought and implored them to spare me a drop just one drop, one tiny drop. But they shook their heads, and murmured. ‘Serve you right! Ask Paul, and see what he says.’ And none of them pitied me, till my youngest niece, Dorothy, whom I had many a time in her childhood half scared to death by my tipsy antics, and who had lately joined the Salvation Army, came into the room, and, on seeing my mother-in-law slyly give my sore and bleeding nose a vicious twist, at once ran up to her and pulled her away, crying out, ‘ For shame! Poor uncle! See how you have hurt him!’ And as she fetched some cold spring water, and bathed…