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dad-blamed

[ dad-bleymd ]
/ ˈdædˈbleɪmd /
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adjective, adverb
damned (used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.): The dad-blamed car got stuck in a snowdrift. He's so dad-blamed sure of himself.
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Origin of dad-blamed

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby dad-blamed

-dactyly, dad, dada, dadah, Dad and Dave, dad-blamed, dad-blasted, dad bod, dad-burned, Dadd, Daddah
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How to use dad-blamed in a sentence

  • Why, you dad-blamed old long-horned turtle-dove, the boys in camp was all cognoscious about them hiroglyphs.

    Heart of the West|O. Henry

  • Why, you dad-blamed old long-horned turtle- dove, the boys in camp was all cognoscious about them hiroglyphs.

    Heart of the West|O. Henry

  • Sid Pannalee he 'lows that the whole dad-blamed business is a put-up job.

    Mingo|Joel Chandler Harris

  • It's a dad-blamed shame that the courts don't take a han' in the matter.

    Gabriel Tolliver|Joel Chandler Harris
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