Green’s Dictionary of Slang

dingnation n.

var. on darnation n.

1847		Somerset Herald 13 July 1/1: Strike! yes, sir, she did, like all dignation.
1850		G. Seaworthy Bertie 15: Dod dag the leaky old tub! [...] Ding it all to dingnation!
1856		Raftsman’s Jrnl (Clearfield, PA) 26 Nov. 1/6: Strike! yes sir, she did — like all dingnation!
1873		Tri-Wkly Astoria (OR) 11 Nov. 1/3: Dog ding it all tew dignation!
1884		(con. c.1840) ‘Mark Twain’ Huckleberry Finn 106: Who in the dingnation’s a-going to pay for it?
1892		Anderson Intelligencer (Anderson Court Hse, SC) 17 Aug. 1/4: ‘What in the dingnation is that,’ said Bill.
1911		Columbus Jrnl (NE) 12 July 8/5: I don’t know whether he turned over in bed, or turned some different color [...] or how the dingnation he turned.