consarned

[ kon-sahrnd, kuhn- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Older Use.

1835–45, Americanism; alteration of concerned, used as a euphemism for confounded

I will not find one only to discover a consarned, rassa-frassin, galdang motorcycle in there.

Don't ye feel consarned 'bout the ma'am—I knows ye sot hi' on har.

You consarned young whelp, to come here lyin' an' tryin' to pull the wool over my eyes.

He's taken mine fur sartin an' I begin to think I'm a consarned old fool, that don't know 'nuff to go in when it rains!

Sometimes I think this consarned palsy of mine is a judgment on me for bein' so sot against him in the beginnin'.

I'd ruther be with a passel o' mounting boys, fur's fightin' Injuns air consarned.

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[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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