blankety-blank
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of blankety-blank
First recorded 1885–90; after the practice of leaving blank spaces to represent profanity, as G— d— for God damn
Example Sentences
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And he said, "I’m not making friends with any blankety-blank lion!" *laugh* I said, "Well, you better."
From Fox News • Aug. 7, 2021
In the lobbies of Canberra and in every pub from Perth to Brisbane, he is commonly held to be the blankety-blank who led the once-powerful Australian Labor Party to ruin.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's always 'those blankety-blank lucky Yankees'�to put it politely.
From Time Magazine Archive
The region between Beerjand and the Harood is on my map a dismal-looking, blankety-blank stretch of country, marked with the ominous title "Dasht-i" which, being interpreted into English, means Desert of Despair.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
"I did, I asked that old blankety-blank and he told me he hadn't seen any of you fellows around there."
From S.O.S. Stand to! by Grant, Reginald
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