consarned
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of consarned
1835–45, alteration of concerned, used as a euphemism for confounded
Example Sentences
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In your case, as you were nohow consarned in the raid on the mine, it would be different, an' I 'lows you might find a way o' doin' the job easy an' slick.
From Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends by Standish, Burt L.
If your mate 'ere says that it's h'all right, sir, it's h'all right so far as I'm consarned.
From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Dawson, Coningsby
There were three great sciences, law, preaching, and physic—law consarned property, physic consarned the body, and preaching consarned the soul.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
People was pow'ful consarned 'bout 'ligion 'long 'bout dat time.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
And you were what most folk would call a consarned fool, matey.
From Killykinick by Waggaman, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
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