damn my eyes

interjection

An expression of surprise, outrage, or frustration.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. archaicAn expression of surprise, outrage, or frustration.

    Private Dormer popped his head out of his blanket and gazed at the glory below and around. “Well — damn — my eyes” said Private Dormer, in an awed whisper. “This ’ere is like a bloomin’ gallantry-show!”

    1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 142
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APA

damn my eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damn%20my%20eyes

MLA

“damn my eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damn%20my%20eyes. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “damn my eyes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/damn%20my%20eyes.

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