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durned var. of darned, euphem. for damned.1876 Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly viii, It was the durndest misbegotten location..that ever called itself a city. 1895 Harper's Mag. Mar. 648/1 Palaces be durned! Excuse my French.
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Pardon my French
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"Excuse my French" appears an 1895 edition of Harper's Weekly, where an American tourist asked about the architecture of Europe says "Palaces be durned
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durn
▪ I. durn Now dial. (dɜːn) Forms: 4–7 dorne, 5 dirn, dyrn, 6 doorne, 6–7 durne, 7 dourne, 9 dern, durn. [Widely used in dialects, Lincolnshire to Cornwall: app. from Norse. Cf. in same sense OSw. dyrni, Norw. dyrn, Sw. dial. dörne:— *durnja- deriv. of *durō̆n, durn (Goth. pl. daurons, Crim-Goth. thu...
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Good Cider
No one wants to buy until someone empties a bottle of whiskey into the barrel, after which everyone agrees that it is "durned good cider".
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goldarn
goldarn, v., a., and adv. U.S. slang. (ˌgɒlˈdɑːn) Also gol darn, goldurn, etc. [Euphemistic substitute for God-damn.] = damn v., damn a. and adv. Cf. darn, darnation, darned. So ˌgolˈdarned ppl. a., damned.1832 New England Mag. III. 380 We have..‘Gaul darn you’ for G― D― you. 1849 Picayune (New Orle...
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Richard W. Thompson
popular (if suspect) story is that he was taken for a tour of one of our warships, and went below deck becoming thunderstruck and shouting, "My God, the durned
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potcher
▪ I. potch, n. (pɒtʃ) Also † potsh. In full potch opal. Opal that has no play of colour and is of no value; also, a flat colour characteristic of this; potch and or with colour (see quot. 1971).1897 Jrnl. & Proc. R. Soc. New South Wales XXX. 256 The dull, milky, and opaque stones are called ‘potsh’ ...
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Étienne Colaud
Colaud, he also produced a miniature included in a Pontifical Liturgy manuscript for Philippe de Lévis
Triptych
A small triptych painted on vellum durned
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Sam Hill
Sam Hill N. Amer. slang. (sæm hɪl) Also sam hill, samhill. [Orig. unknown.] A euphemism for hell; used especially in expressions of impatience or irritation preceded by in or the with an interrogative word.1839 Havana (N.Y.) Republican 21 Aug. 1/4 What in sam hill is that feller ballin' about? 1868 ...
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rammish
▪ I. rammish, a.1 Now dial. (ˈræmɪʃ) Also 4–6 -issh, -yssch, etc., 6–8 ramish. [app. f. ram n.1] 1. a. Of smell, taste, etc.: Rank, strong, highly disagreeable.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 334 They stynken as a goot Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 62 b, Samphari...
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sausage
▪ I. sausage, n. (ˈsɒsɪdʒ, -ɔː-) Forms: α. 5 sawsyge, 6 sawsege, -cedge, sausige, saucege, saussege, 6–7 sausedge, 7 sausidge, sausege, sauceidge, sawcege, -sidge, -sadge, -sedge, saussage, saucige, sossage, 7–8 sawsage, saucidge, (7, 9 vulgar sassage, 9 vulgar sossige), 6– sausage; β. 7 salsage, so...
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French
▪ I. French, a. and n. (frɛn(t)ʃ) Forms: 1 fręncisc, 3 frenkis, (4 frenkysch), 3–4 frankys, frankis, 3 Frenchis, freinsse, frence, frenchs, frenynch, frensc, (frennssce), frenysch, 3–5 Frensch(e, 3, 6 franch(e, 3–6 frensh(e, 4 freynsch, 4, 6 frenche, 5 frenssh(e, 3– French. [OE. fręncisc, f. franc-a...
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shirt
▪ I. shirt, n. (ʃɜːt) Forms: 1 scyrte, 3 s(c)hurte, (schuyrte, scurte, seorte), 4 schirte, sserte, 4–5 schert(e, schorte, 4–6 sherte, 5 schyrt, 5–6 shyrt(e, shurt(e, shirte, shorte, (5 shyrth, 6 shertt, sherth), 6– shirt. [OE. scyrte wk. fem. corresponds formally to MDu. schorte (mod.Du. schort fem....
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stick
▪ I. stick, n.1 (stɪk) Forms: 1 sticca, 3–7 sticke, 3–5 stikke, 4–5 stykke, 4–6 stik, styke, 5 stike, 5–6 styk, stycke, 6 styck, stykk, 6– stick. [OE. sticca masc. = ? OS. stekko (Gallée), MDu. stecke masc., fem. also stec masc., neut. (mod.Du. stek fem.), OHG. stecko (MHG. stecke, mod.G. stecken):—...
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