durn

"This durn stove ain't got no fire in it," she said, laying Baby Dan in the box.
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Lin's only comment was: "Durn ye; I'd be afeard to put my head in a circus, much less a church."
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
Why you dod-gasted ol' rascal, I knew too durn well ye'd swindle me.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
He'd linger shifering on the brink and fear to launch away all his durn life—if some one didn't push him in.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)|Various

And he wouldn't talk politics at all; didn't seem to give a durn about 'em, one way or t'other.
Cy Whittaker's Place|Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for durn

durn

/ (dɜːn) /

interjection, adjective, adverb, noun

a US variant of darn 2

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