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Darn

darn
- "mend" c.1600, from M.Fr. darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from O.E. diernan "to hide," from dierne "secret," from W.Gmc. *darnjaz. The tame curse word is 1781 Amer.Eng. euphemism for damn, probably infl. by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among others.
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  ~1 v 1 to repair a hole in a piece of clothing by stitching wool over it  (darning socks) 2 darn it! spoken used when you are annoyed about something  (Darn it! I'll have to do it all myself!) 3 I'll be darned! spoken used when you are surprised about something  (Did they really? Well, I'll be darned!) ~2 n a place where a hole in a piece of clothing has been repaired neatly with wool ~3 also darned ~ adj spoken used to emphasize how bad, stupid, unfair etc someone or something is  (The darn fool got lost on the way.) - darn also darned adv  (It was a darned good movie.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (darns, darning, darned) 1. If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them. Aunt Emilie darned old socks... VERB: V n • darning ...chores such as sewing and darning. N-UNCOUNT 2. People sometimes use darn or darned to emphasize what they are saying, often when they are annoyed. (INFORMAL) There’s not a darn thing he can do about it... = damn, damned ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • Darn is also an adverb. ...the desire to be free to do just as we darn well please... ADV: ADV adj/adv 3. You can say I’ll be darned to show that you are very surprised about something. (AM INFORMAL) ‘A talking pig!’ he exclaimed. ‘Well, I’ll be darned.’ PHRASE c darkgreen]feelings ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   I. verb  Etymology: perhaps from French dialect ~er  Date: circa 1600  transitive verb  1. to mend with interlacing stitches  2. to embroider by filling in with long running or interlacing stitches  intransitive verb to do ~ing  • ~er noun  II. noun  Date: 1720 a place that has been ~ed a sweater full of ~s  III. adjective or adverb  also durn  Etymology: euphemism  Date: 1781 damned  IV. verb  also durn  Date: 1781 damn  • ~ed also durned adjective or adverb  V. noun  also durn  Date: 1840 damn ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 mend (esp. knitted material, or a hole in it) by interweaving yarn across the hole with a needle. 2 embroider with a large running stitch. --n. a darned area in material. Phrases and idioms darning needle 1 a long needle with a large eye, used in darning. 2 US a dragonfly. Etymology: 16th c.: perh. f. obs. dern hide 2. v.tr., int., adj., & adv. (US durn) colloq. = DAMN (in imprecatory senses). Etymology: corrupt. of DAMN ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. заштопанное место, штопка 2. штопать, чинить 3. разг. проклятие Id: not to —- саге a darn совершенно не ннтересоваться, плевать; ни в грош не ставить Id: not worth a darn —- гроша ломаного не стоит 4. эвф. эмоц-усил. крайний it's a darn shame! —- стыд и срам! 5. проклинать; ругаться 6. в грам. знач. междометия проклятие! ...
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  I  1. noun заштопанное место; штопка  2. v. штопать; чинить Syn: see knit II  1. adj. проклятый, ужасный  2. v.; euphem. inst. of damn проклинать, ругаться ...
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