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goldarned

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[gol-dahrnd] / ˈgɒlˈdɑrnd /

adjective

  • goldarnedest
    superlative
  1. goddamned (used as a euphemism in expressions of anger, disgust, surprise, etc.).


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Etymology

Origin of goldarned

First recorded in 1905–10; goldarn + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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“You might start a trend, and then I’ll never get rid of all this goldarned cotton.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

And I'm goshed if he didn't laugh out kind of funny and says he, 'Billy, I'm so goldarned wet right now that I couldn't stand another drop of wetness anywhere.

From Green Valley by Katharine Reynolds

I wasn't so goldarned proud of Oscar like the rest of you seemed to be.

From Judith of the Godless Valley by Honoré Morrow

He wasn’t so goldarned stuckup as most of you fellers.”

From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Noel Sainsbury

Why, yew goldarned Britisher, d’ye know that yew haven’t got no right at all to stop me from pursooin’ my v’yage, or to demand a sight o’ my papers?

From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by D.L. Mays

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