doggoned
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Brigadier General William L. Roberts, until recently head of the 500-man U.S. military mission in Korea, had called the Korean army "the best doggoned shooting army outside the United States."
From Time Magazine Archive
I’d give a doggoned big cigar to know where you was all that time.”
From Seven Miles to Arden by Sawyer, Ruth
Well, I 27was so doggoned mad when I found out what he’d done that I didn’t even stop to eat, and I followed him on the run until dark.
From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Coolidge, Dane
"We seen most five thousand hosses, an' I'll be doggoned if I don't believe we'll ketch them all."
From Valley of Wild Horses by Grey, Zane
Say, what’s your doggoned hurry–have you got to sell out the first day?”
From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane
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