Goddam n.
as used by a foreigner, an English person.
Sporting Mag. Aug. VI 245/2: I know you English [...] imagine that, after I [i.e. Jeanne d’Arc] am dead, you will conquer France. But though there were an hundred thousand more God-dam-mees in France than there are, they will never conquer that kingdom. | ||
Jorrocks Jaunts (1874) 165: One [Frenchman] calling him, ‘my Lor’ Ros-bif,’ and the other ‘Monsieur God-dem’. | ||
Duchess 1 196: Some fool has been telling Pierre that this Monsieur Goddam has a master-cook who ruffles it in velvet and satin. | ||
Americanisms 151: The Englishman might as fairly be judged by the ‘Mylord Goddam’ of the French stage. | ||
My Secret Life (1966) VI 1245: I have heard more than one foreign harlot call me a Goddam. | ||
(con. 1839) Things I Have Seen I 174: My schoolfellows [...] bestowed upon me such hard names as ‘Pomme de terre’ and ‘Goddam.’ Well; did not Joan of Arc habitually speak of the English in France as ‘Goddams’? | ||
Record-Union (Sacramento, CA) 12 Nov. 8/3: Goddam, the English soldier was thus nicknamed by Frenchmen while he was engaged in the Continental wars. |