dratted
damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.
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How to use dratted in a sentence
How's I ergwine ter hole de fort wid de ammynishun in de dratted crick?
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonBut for de dratted fence ole Pomp nebber let um reach um own tree.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne Reid"And none of they dratted bones, neither," said William, with emphasis.
Ravenshoe | Henry KingsleyI will so, but it's a dratted shame as you should shoulder everybody's troubles, that it is.
The Definite Object | Jeffery FarnolI didn't care nothin' about the dratted early blacks, but he didn't seem to care for nothin' else.
Cy Whittaker's Place | Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for dratted
/ (ˈdrætɪd) /
(prenominal) informal wretched; annoying
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