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Darn   /dɑrn/   Listen
Darn

verb
(past & past part. darned; pres. part. darning)
1.
Repair by sewing.
noun
1.
Something of little value.  Synonyms: damn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn.  "Not worth one red cent" , "Not worth shucks"
2.
Sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment).  Synonyms: mend, patch.



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"Darn" Quotes from Famous Books



... pull at the cigarette stub, flung it into the backened forge, and picked up the spur. He settled his hat on his head at its accustomed don't-give-a-darn tilt, and started for the door ...
— The Happy Family • Bertha Muzzy Bower

... every literate and half-literate person on Earth is curious about the Galactics. The book tells everything I know about the trip and the people. It is a matter of public record. Since that is so, I refused to answer a lot of darn-fool questions—by which I mean that I refuse to answer any more questions that you already know the answers to. I am not being stubborn; I am just sick and tired of the ...
— A World by the Tale • Gordon Randall Garrett

... up here. It's been tough, but it's sure been worth it," he observed reflectively. "Yep. Sure it has." He sighed in a satisfied way. Then his smile deepened, and the light in his eyes glowed with something like enthusiasm. "Think of it. You can trade right here just how you darn please. You can make your own laws, and abide by 'em or break 'em just as you get the notion. Think of it, we're five hundred miles, five hundred miles of fierce weather, and the devil's own country, ...
— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum

... wonder to me any cow-man is ever fool enough to sell his saddle," commented Stratton as he took it down. "They never get much for 'em, and new ones are so darn ornery to ...
— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... observed the secretary, "that it's for Mr. Maguire to say, or not to say, just as he darn pleases." ...
— A Thief in the Night • E. W. Hornung


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