doggone
adj/ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/UK/ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/US
Etymology
Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.
Definitions
Euphemistic form of goddamned.
- I lost my doggone keys again!
- "Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"
Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.
- Doggone! I lost my keys again.
To damn
To damn; to curse.
- […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for doggone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA