damfool
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of damfool
1880–85; alteration of damned fool or foolish
Example Sentences
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"Biggest damfool mistake I ever made," Dwight Eisenhower said privately some years after appointing him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many who follow the macroscopic Explorations of George Burton are likely in the end to go scudding off with Economist Schwartz to the snugger valleys of the damfool wilderness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Dwight Eisenhower, who thought of Warren as a mildly progressive Republican when he named him Chief Justice, reportedly described the appointment years afterward as the "biggest damfool mistake I ever made."
From Time Magazine Archive
You'd think it was Martha's and yours and that damfool medic's.
From Death of a Spaceman by Schroeder, Ernest
"One of her damfool jokes," muttered the old man, as he shuffled toward the door of the locked room.
From The Diamond Pin by Wells, Carolyn
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