doggoned

[ dawg-gawnd, -gond, dog- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, superlative dog·goned·est,

There was a good deal in being settled and having "the whole doggoned business" off your hands.

Let the doggoned old folk t'other side of the world think out their own flustrations.

If it was anybody else I'd say it was crazy, but you're such a doggoned hellion of a go-getter mebbe you can put it over.

He's so doggoned quick he'd have caught me, if it hadn't been for that blessed gleam in his eyes.

And he's goin' to find out right now that it ain't no use to bring any doggoned teacher up here to teach this outfit.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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