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for darned
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
darned \darned\ adj.
an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for
no darned reason at all.
Syn: blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, gosh-darned.
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned
(d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of
Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. &
Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.]
To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn
or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or
thread.
[1913 Webster]
He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning
his stockings. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Darning last. See under Last.
Darning needle.
(a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents,
especially in stockings.
(b) (Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long,
cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are
harmless and without stings.
Note: [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called
also devil's darning-needle.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
darned
adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
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