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darˈnation
Perversion of damnation, in profane use. (Chiefly U.S.)
1798Aurora (Philadelphia) 14 Aug. (Thornton, s.v. Nation), It seems as if the Irish are as incorrigible as the darnation Bostonians. 1825S. Woodworth Forest Rose i. iii, Darnation take the garlic, I say. 1832[see tarnation n.]. 1840Daily Pennant (St. Louis) 9 May (Thornton, s.v. Chip), It wouldn't take so much..to make it a darntation sight riz-er. 1878Mrs. Stowe Poganuc P. iii. 33 If I didn't hold on to him he'd have us all to the darnation in five minutes. 1924in Dialect Notes V. 265. |