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tarnal
tarnal, a. (adv.) slang (chiefly U.S.). (ˈtɑːnəl) Aphetic dial. pronunciation of eternal, vulgarly used as an expression of execration, passing into a mere intensive: cf. eternal a. 7. Hence ˈtarnally adv.1790 R. Tyler Contrast ii. ii. (1887) 39 The snarl-headed curs fell a-kicking and cursing of me...
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tarnation
tarnation, n., a., adv. slang (chiefly U.S.). (tɑːˈneɪʃən) A variant of darnation, damnation n. 3; app. associated with tarnal. A. as n.1790 R. Tyler Contrast v. i. 68 Tarnation! That's no laughing matter though. 1801 G. Hanger Life II. 151 The Americans say, Tarnation seize me, or swamp me, if I do...
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slew
▪ I. slew, n.1 (sluː) Also slue, sleugh. [Variant spellings of sloo, ME. slō: see slough n.1] 1. a. U.S. and Canada. A marshy or reedy pool, pond, small lake, backwater, or inlet.α 1708 S. Sewall Diary 18 Dec., Got home well in my slay, had much adoe to avoid Slews. 1867 F. H. Ludlow Fleeing to Tars...
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varmint
▪ I. varment, varmint, n.1 dial. and U.S. (ˈvɑːmənt) Also varmant, -munt, verment, warment, -mint, -mit, etc. [var. of varmin vermin, with excrescent -t. Rare before c 1825.] 1. a. collect. Vermin. b. An animal of a noxious or objectionable kind. A large collection of American examples is given by T...
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concern
▪ I. concern, v. (kənˈsɜːn) Also 5 conserne, 6–7 -cerne, 7 -cearn. [ad. med.L. concernĕre and F. concerner (15th c. in Littré), ad. L. concernĕre, f. con- + cernĕre to sift, separate, distinguish, discern, perceive, see, look at, regard, have respect to. The L. lexicons quote concernĕre only from Au...
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