goldarn

[ gol-dahrn ]

noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object)Informal.

goddamn (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).

Origin of goldarn

First recorded in 1825–35

Also goldurn.

Words Nearby goldarn

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How to use goldarn in a sentence

All of these are oath-sounds rather than oaths, and somewhat oath-evading, after the fashion of "goldarn it," in America.
Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand
I know half the flamin' controls and flyin' wires are blanky well cut on my goldarn bus.
Air Men o' War | Boyd Cable
Why the jooce don't yer stop, yer goldarn young son of a gun?
Across America by Motor-cycle | C. K. Shepherd
That Hank was a goldarn German—and Hank was rooming with me!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 17, 1917 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for goldarn

goldarn

/ (ɡɒlˈdɑːn) /

interjection, adverb

US and Canadian slang a euphemistic variant of goddamn

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