doggone

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doggone

  • /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/ UK
  • /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/ US

Where it comes from

Minced oath of goddamn or goddamned.

adjective doggonest · daggone · doggoned

  1. US, dialectal, euphemistic, no comparative Euphemistic form of goddamned.goddamned I lost my doggone keys again!

interjection daggone · doggoned

  1. US, dialectal, euphemistic Euphemistic form of goddamned, an expression of anger or annoyance.goddamned Doggone! I lost my keys again.

verb doggones · doggoning · doggoned · daggone

  1. US, dialectal To damn; to curse. […] doggoning something or other with deep sincerity.

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