darnation
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of darnation
First recorded in 1795–1800; euphemistic alteration of damnation
Example Sentences
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“Mean, darnation! ye’re eyether mad, gurl, or else talkin’ like a chile.
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Darnation! haven't I told you a thousand times?
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It’s darnation cattle-thievin’, an’ I’m hot on the trail.”
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If that darnation stack o’ kindlin’ was to fall that aways, why, I guess them vegetables wouldn’t amount to a mush o’ cabbige.”
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“Darnation take it, what in blazes are you shouting around for at this hour of the night?”
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