Meanings
- UKinformalnot comparabledamned, bloody; hateful
I had to clean all the bastarding bricks. I had to sit down and scrape all the mortar off them, for fuck's sake...
1983, Richard Jenkins, Lads, citizens, and ordinary kids: working-class youth life-styles in Belfast1 more example
'No, I fucking well haven't,' confirmed George, regarding him bitterly. 'I will call the police.' 'Call the bastarding police,' challenged the angry George.
1989, Leslie Thomas, The adventures of Goodnight and Loving
Origin
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