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Finally, a group of odds `n' sods: nickel (the devil's metal), from modern German Kupfernickel copper demon: Nickel is a diminutive of Nicklaus , similar to the English Old Nick, a term for the Devil, so called because nickel was considered a contaminant when found in copper ore but in the early days of mining--as if the metal were spooked.