doggoned

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dog·gone

 (dôg′gôn′, -gŏn′, dŏg′-) Informal
tr. & intr.v. dog·goned, dog·gon·ing, dog·gones
To damn.
interj. & n.
Damn.
adv. & adj. also dog·goned (-gônd′, -gŏnd′)
Damned.

[Alteration of Scots dagone, alteration of goddamn.]
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dog•gone

(ˈdɔgˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn, ˈdɒg-)

v.t. -goned, -goning, v.t.
1. to damn; confound.
adj.
2. Also, doggoned. damned; confounded.
adv.
3. Also, doggoned. damned: a doggone poor sport.
[1850–55, Amer.]
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Translations

doggoned

adj (US inf) → verdammt (inf)
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Take advice from an old timer, parson, and make back tracks, for nothing 'ill fetch 'em except a regular doggoned good pounding."
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And doggoned if Gerson didn't blame the current mess that's become the Republican Party on, of course, President Obama.
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And this is his song; 'O, the sun is so hot, and the day is so long.' Then when he couldn't think of anything right away to go with it, he repeated the same lines: 'O, the sun is so hot, and the day is so long.' But by that time maybe he had a new thought, 'And that is the reason I am singin' the doggoned song'" (VLH, Track 5).
Wells's Algebra, which I mentioned was my high school nemesis, and I worked every problem in the doggoned book.
What has he done but twist and skew and distort and discolor and belittle and be pretty this whole doggoned country?
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