damnation! excl.
an oath of annoyance.
Revenger’s Tragedy in Dodsley X (1875) I i: O damnation meet! | ||
Lascivious Queen V i: Damnation! vanish from me. | ||
The Double-Dealer V iv: My wife! damnation! my hell! | ||
Love Makes a Man IV i: Damnation! | ||
Jealous Wife V ii: Damnation! [...] Fire and fury! how dare you do this? | ||
The Spleen II i: Damnation! | ||
Adventures of Jonathan Corncob 190: Damnation to you [...] you lubberly rascal. | ||
The Hopes of the Party, prior to July 14th (cartoon) 19 July : Damnation! what should I be afraid of! | ||
The Golden Calf I ii: Damnation! Dolt! | ||
Yellowplush Papers in Works III (1898) 251: Altamont looked black as thunder, and growled out a word which I don’t like to name [...] it begins with a d and ends with a nation. | ||
(con. 1715) Jack Sheppard (1917) 81: Damnation! [...] that I should be the dupe of such a miserable artifice! | ||
Mysteries of London II (2nd series) 277: ‘Damnation!’ thundered Bob. | ||
The Scalp-Hunters III 98: I am ’ithout eyther beast or weepun. D--t--n! | ||
Dly Ohio Statesman 13 June 1/4: Damnation [...] don’t split on me, for heavens sake. | ||
Dope 221: ‘Damnation!’ he said succinctly. | ||
The Clicking of Cuthbert 51: ‘Damnation!’ said Mortimer. | ||
Capricornia (1939) 123: Damnation --- fool --- God! I do b’lieve you got the kid in trouble ’self. | ||
Aus. Vulgarisms [t/s] 6: Damn: drat, durn, darn, damnation, dash, [crossed out: dash, tarnation]. | ||
Died in the Wool (1963) 203: ‘Hell and damnation!’ said Allen violently. | ||
Young Wolves 131: Where could I have lost them? All of them! Chief’s---hell and damnation. | ||
Adam M-1 114: Damnation! I should have been on the alert for this. |