caramban.
= carambola n.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Averrhoa Carambola, the Caramba.
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carambaint.
/kaˈrambə/ An exclamation of surprise or dismay: gracious! strange! confound it! damn!
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > using non-English words
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1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. xiii. 139 ‘Sacré diable!’ ‘Carramba!’..—fell upon the ear.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 36 More becoming will it be to the English gentleman to swear not at all; a reasonable indulgence in Caramba is all that can be permitted.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xliii. 218 Caramba! have done, shipmate, will ye?
1906 Daily Chron. 3 Jan. 3/4 An obvious villain had snapped ‘caramba!’ at her.
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