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dratted

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drat⋅ted

  [drat-id]
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–adjective
damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.
Origin:
1855–60; drat + -ed 2

drat

  [drat] verb, drat⋅ted, drat⋅ting, interjection
–verb (used with object)
1. to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
–interjection
2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like): Drat, there goes another button off my shirt.
Origin:
1805–15; alter. of (o)d rot God rot (i.e., may God rot him, her, it)
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drat·ted   (drāt'ĭd)   
adj.  Damned; confounded.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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