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dad-burned

[ dad-burnd ]

adjective

  1. damned (used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.):

    I ruined the whole dad-burned batch. You're dad-burned right I do!



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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of dad-burned1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences

"Now bring me that well-rope—we'll tie up his dad-burned leg!"

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"Brig," he said, his voice trembling with conviction, "you're a dad-burned liar!"

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Barry hit the ceiling, sputtered that the report was "nothing but�and I won't swear, but you know what I'm thinking�a dad-burned dirty lie."

That Oregon trail was 2,000 miles long, and Realist Disney seems determined to make the moviegoer jolt, bolt or Colt his way over every dad-burned mile of it.

I kin hump my back and take the rain, And I don't keer how she pours; I kin keep kind o' ca'm in a thunder-storm, No matter how loud she roars; I hain't much skeered o' the lightnin', Ner I hain't sich awful shakes Afeard o' cyclones—but I don't want none O' yer dad-burned old earthquakes!

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