darnation
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of darnation
First recorded in 1795–1800; euphemistic alteration of damnation
Example Sentences
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And then again, it ain't so darnation comforting.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
St. Jingo was the only saint, and a "darnation" or "darn you," were the only oaths his puritan education ever permitted him to use.
From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore
What the darnation?" the other whispered: "Be on your way, Buck.
From Way of the Lawless by Brand, Max
There's one thing about it," Mr. Wagg pursued, "the quicker you come across with me the sooner you can do what you darnation want to on your own hook.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman
Yes, ef Squire gits his grip agin, some on us will git darnation sore backs, but he's lost it, an he ain't a gonter git it agin ez long ez we fellers keeps ourn.
From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward
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