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darn

[dahrn]

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verb (used with object)

to mend, as torn clothing, with rows of stitches, sometimes by crossing and interweaving rows to span a gap.

noun

a darned place, as in a garment: an old sock full of darns.

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Origin:
1590–1600; perhaps to be identified with Middle English dernen to keep secret, conceal, Old English (Anglian) dernan

Synonyms
1. See mend.

Example Sentences

Your darn right that the people of a state have the right to know where their tax dollars are going.

Since you people are so darn smart, please answer the question.

When a pack of wild dogs attack a group of mongooses, the cute little critters put up a darn good fight.

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Your darn right that the people of a state have the right to know where their tax dollars are going.

Since you people are so darn smart, please answer the question.

When a pack of wild dogs attack a group of mongooses, the cute little critters put up a darn good fight.

We need to figure out how to get that darn climate to stop changing.

Indeed, the catfish po' boy sandwich is pretty darn close to perfection when it comes to a catfish encounter.

But no one else makes plain old beans seem darn near magical.

Now, we're going to have actual pictures of the darn things.

The survey is not only all of the above, it is darn near useless except to gather potential iinterview participants.

Remeber, ya don't own the darn thing until the mortgage is paid off.

Then an idea dawned on us-let's walk the whole darn thing from end to end.

Additionally, the entire atmosphere could darn near be on fire and deep water microbials would never be effected.

That's not terroir, exactly, but it is darn good wine.

One reason may be that it's so darn hard to find on a map.

In some parts of the country, it's darn hard to get to a physician".

Yeah, and those darn insurance companies actually demand that surgery be medically necessary.

Marriage is encouraged by many religions, but there are darn good reasons to allow it in a secular society, too.

By all accounts, he's pretty darn close to achieving that goal.

But for the great majority of diaper changings, they work pretty darn well.

The sequels were a bit lackluster, but the original was a darn fine little platformer that's still worth playing.

It's obvious that some bile spewers are trying to run down a pretty darn good state school.

But expanded coverage and reduced preventable hospitalisations with no increase in costs is pretty darn good.

The darn thing is so dense that it exerts a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape.

Gosh darn it, let's get out there and mak'em look silly.

In other words, the humanities are dying mostly because they are darn boring.

No one gives a darn and the best part is they don't need to.

Then he mostly will do this cute roll over on his back with pethedic look at mom things that is so darn hard to resist.

Some guy with a gold microphone told them it darn tootin' ain't real, so yihaa, global warming is false.

Today, it doesn't take an expert to tell that both teams are playing pretty darn well.

The rest of us that don't really give a darn won't bother to log on in the first place.

In other words you will plug the whole darn thing up with absorbed minerals being deposited throughout the whole plant.

Make darn sure you can prove your case before submitting the grades.

It is a darn good deed that deserves no reading of too much into.

Darn those skeptics, always asking hard questions.

Otherwise, if you attempt to replicate the look described above, you will look pretty darn funny in my neighbourhood.

And, gosh darn it she's good for comedians everywhere.

Where is the darn government regulation when you need it.

Private debt, ie that of people and households, is darn small.

And they will push you back if you haven't got the darn thing on correctly.

I'd say the servicemen and women come pretty darn cheap.

He didn't give a darn about the shadow banking system.

She is doing an even better job than her ex husband, who btw, also did a pretty darn good job.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

adjective, adverb

darned.

verb (used with object)

to curse; damn: Darn that pesky fly!

Idiom

give a darn. damn (def. 13).

Origin:
1775–85; see darned

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World English Dictionary

darn¹ (dɑːn)

—vb
1.	to mend (a hole or a garment) with a series of crossing or interwoven stitches

—n
2.	a patch of darned work on a garment
3.	the process or act of darning

[C16: probably from French (Channel Islands dialect) darner; compare Welsh, Breton darn piece]

'darner¹

—n

'darning¹

—n

darn² (dɑːn)

—*interj, —adj, —adv*, —n
	damn damn damn damn a euphemistic word for damn

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Word Origin & History

darn

"mend" c.1600, perhaps from M.Fr. darner "mend," from darne "piece," from Breton darn "piece, fragment, part." Alternative etymology is from obs. dern, from O.E. diernan "to hide," from dierne "secret," from W.Gmc. *darnjaz.

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darn

tame curse word, 1781, Amer.Eng. euphemism for damn, said to have originated in New England when swearing was a punishable offense; if so, its spread was probably infl. by 'tarnal, short for Eternal, as in By the Eternal (God), favorite exclamation of Andrew Jackson, among

others. Related: Darndest (superl., 1844).

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