tarnal
Britishadjective
adverb
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Etymology
Origin of tarnal
C18: aphetic dialect pronunciation of eternal
Example Sentences
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"Them's the heads of the tarnal cusses just coming over the line of that rise."
From Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California by Paget, H. M. (Henry Marriott)
Anyhow, up there in the mountains we see a tarnal power of quare things.
From Year of the Big Thaw by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
Rev'rend, it was the most tarnal crazy contraption I ever saw in my life.
From Year of the Big Thaw by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
All the while the noise kept growin louder, an finally ses I, "Who on arth is that makin such a tarnal racket?"
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba
So, what does the tarnal old fool do but unhook the cord so’t the bulb could be carried as far as the winder.
From Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point by Emerson, Alice B.
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