Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of dad-blasted.
BAH! JUST THOSE KIDS AND THEIR NIX-BOX… THIS DADBLASTED GAME MACHINE!
2016, Mau Heymans, Kirsten De Graaff, translated by Dwight Decker, “Late-Night Larceny”, in Donald Duck: Timeless Tales (Disney Comics), volume 2, San Diego, Calif.: IDW Publishing, →ISBN, page 1513 more examples
The Sultan (impatiently).—Confound this dadblasted collar-bolt! I wish it had— Izzet Aintit Wazzit Pasha (custodian of the imperial wardrobe).—Can I be of any assistance, Sire? The Sultan.—Well, you might get a can of oil and a monkey-wrench and help me off with this undershirt. It’s long past bedtime now.
1908 September 23, “In Turkey”, in A[rthur] H[amilton] Folwell, editor, Puck, volume LXIV, number 1647, New York, N.Y.: Keppler & Schwarzmann, →OCLC“I didn’t know anybody would take exception to me playin’ music downstairs. It had nothin’ to do with this dadblasted pouch of gold from Lesser Levy.” She held it up in her palm and they both eyed it.
1993, Debbi Bedford, chapter 9, in Blessing, New York, N.Y.: Harlequin Historicals, →ISBN, page 136The game was up and we began paddling furiously for the opposite shore. This caused Flora to shout all the louder: “Boy! Boys! Don’t let the melons get away. Keep the dadblasted things. If you don’t the whole pack of you will be back to plug and ruin another batch!”
2000, Frank F[urlong] Mathias, “Camp Black Hawk and Carlisle Christianity”, in The GI Generation: A Memoir, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 198
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