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▪ I. dang, v.
A euphemistic substitute for damn.
1793–7Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) I. 146 [Kentish man says] Dang me, if I sometimes know how to answer them. 1802R. Anderson Cumbrld. Ballads, Barbary Bell, ‘Wey, dang it!’ says I, ‘but this is nit fair!’ 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. ix, ‘Dang my boans and boddy if I stan' this ony longer’. 1884J. Purves in Gd. Words May 330/2 ‘Dang me if I can make out what they mean to be at’. 1886Mrs. Randolph Mostly Fools II. v. 142 ‘Danged shady lot’.
▪ II. dang
pa. tense of ding v.; also its dial. equivalent = to drive, push, knock, or dash.
1877Holderness Gloss., Dang, to throw anything with vehemency, or passion. 1878Cumbrld. Gloss., Dang, to push, to strike. 1887Cheshire Gloss., Dang, to dash down or about.
▪ III. dang, n. slang.
[f. dang v.]
A damn, cuss.
1906Somerville & ‘Ross’ Irish Yesterdays 113 He wouldn't give a dang for them. |