dratted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of dratted
Example Sentences
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I certainly wish Germany to stay in the Eurozone, not to be able to dip into its dratted kitty, but for its own sake as well as for Europe's sake.
From Economist ● May 2, 2013
The Zags are left to sort out how much of that exit was due to their own frailties and how much to dratted ill timing and bad luck.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2013
The dratted devices also make it easier for managers in one time zone to spoil the evenings of managers in another.
From Economist ● Mar. 8, 2012
And the grand old game of golf has never been the same since some dratted tinkerer invented the wedge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not sure how I actually managed to get the dratted thing down.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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