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drat
[ drat ]
verb (used with object)
, drat·ted, drat·ting.
- to damn; confound:
Drat your interference.
interjection
- (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.
drat
/ dræt /
interjection
- slang.an exclamation of annoyance (also in the phrases drat it! drat you! etc)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drat1
First recorded in 1805–15; alteration of (o)d rot God rot (i.e., may God rot him, her, it)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drat1
C19: probably alteration of God rot
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Example Sentences
To their intense surprise, the usually placid Younkins turned savagely upon the dog, and saying, “Drat that fool dog!”
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I've scarce a marvedy in hand, now; so let him have a writ in his, drat him.
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"Drat the little dickey-birds," interrupted Mr. Kybird, with sudden violence.
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I got what everybody gets who deals with that old rascal—the bad end of the trade, drat him!
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Ah, don't go breakin' your angel's 'eart along of Arthur, my precious—and drat him too!
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