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dodgast
dodgast, v. U.S. colloq. (ˈdɒdgɑːst, -gæst) [f. dod- + gast, prob. for blast v. 10. Cf. dod-rot v.] In imprecatory and expletive use: to ‘confound’, ‘curse’. Chiefly in ˈdodgasted ppl. a.1888 Detroit Free Press (Farmer), It's a dodgasted funny thing,..but it's a fact. 1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan ix. 1...
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dod-rot
dod-rot, v. U.S. colloq. [f. dod- + rot v.] = dodgast v. Hence ˈdod-rotted ppl. a.1842 American Pioneer I. 347 ‘Dod rot'em,’ said the old hunter, ‘I would not let them have a bushel.’ 1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Gt. Smoky Mts. vi. 121 ‘Dod-rot that critter,’ exclaimed the sheriff, angrily. 1887 Ce...
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dod-
dod- (dod n.1), used as an intensive with verbs and pa. pples. U.S. colloq. See also dodgast v. dod-rot v.1829 Yankee Apr. 131/2 Dod burn the boy! what's he arter? 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 231 I'll be dod blamed if I do. 1883 ‘Mark Twain’ Life on Miss. 220 He ejaculated: ‘Well, I'll be d...
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