doggone
to damn: Doggone your silly advice!
Also doggoned. damned; confounded: a doggone fool; Well, I'll be doggoned.
Also doggoned. damned: He's a doggone poor sport.
Origin of doggone
1Words Nearby doggone
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How to use doggone in a sentence
“Everyone wants the same doggone thing, and that is to feel safe in their community,” she said.
San Diego’s Surveillance Ordinance Passes Another Hurdle | Jesse Marx | July 19, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoReid told his Nevada constituents last week that was a “pretty doggone good idea.”
They were limited rights, but doggone it, it was a beginning.
I let him hang around, because he was so doggone interested.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke GallunWell, sir, it can draw a conveyance, but its doggone poor at it.
Cursed | George Allan England
Youre company, I know, but theres some things that goes too doggone fur.
Cursed | George Allan Englanddoggone it, Freddy, the thing is just too open and shut, as far as we're concerned.
Dave Dawson at Truk | Robert Sydney BowenColonel, he pleaded, Ive been in this doggone army more than a year.
Funny Stories Told By The Soldiers | Carleton B. Case
British Dictionary definitions for doggone
/ (ˈdɒɡɒn) US and Canadian informal /
an exclamation of annoyance, disappointment, etc
Origin of doggone
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