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单词 tarnation
释义

tarnation

noun

tar·​na·​tion ˌtär-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce tarnation (audio)
: damnation
often used as an interjection or intensive
often used with in
tarnation strike me James Joycewhere in tarnation you from? Jessamyn West

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web What in the wide tarnation is better on a winter’s day than the smell of something sweet baking in your oven? James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2017 The last thing Iowa needs is for its defense to run all over tarnation for 30 minutes while the offense stumbles. Scott Dochterman, ajc, 15 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

alteration of darnation, euphemism for damnation

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

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