goldarn v.
a euph. for god-damn v.; occas. as excl. (see cit. 1885).
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Commercial Advertiser (N.Y.) 29 Aug. 2/2: ‘Gall darn ye,’ said a long limbed yankee, [...] ‘you deserve to be nibbled to death by ducks.’. | |
 | in New Eng. Mag. III 380: We have [...] ‘Gaul darn you’ for G—— d—— you [...] and other creations of the union of wrath and principle [DA]. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Westmorland Gaz. 19 Mar. 3/5: Americanisms [...] A Yankee [says] gaul darn your picter, by golly, golly crimus. | |
| ‘Breitmann in Politics’ in Hans Breitmann About Town 39: Goll darn me for a fool, / I’ll smash old Dutch to cholera fits / And rake the eternal pool! | |
| Southern Mag. XIV 119: But goll darn it, a school marm gits me dead. | |
| News & Herald (Winnsboro, SC) 13 July 1/2: Gaul darn it, father, I won’t be laughed at. | |
| Harper’s Mag. Aug. 397/2: Hannah-Maria-Jemimy! goldarn an’ blue blazes! [DA]. | |
| ‘A Successful Political Intrigue’ in Rolling Stones (1913) 155: Gol darn it! I will say what I want to. | |
| Boy Life on the Prairie 51: Goldarn these damn old boots. | |
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | ‘The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill’ in Ballads of a Cheechako 54: And at last I spoke: ‘Bill liked his joke; but still, goldarn his eyes’. | |
| Main Street (1921) 176: Kennicott muttering ‘Gol darn it,’ but patiently creeping out of bed. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Townsville Daily Bull. (Qld) 7 July 11/5: ‘Gol darn the engineer,’ I roared. | |
| (con. 1919) Nineteen Nineteen in USA (1966) 649: Goldarn it, I don’t want to work at a desk. | |
| ‘Roy Bean’ in Amer. Ballads and Folk Songs 413: Bean, now hurry up, gol durn your eyes. | |
| Savage Night (1991) 28: Goldarn it, Carl, I’m really sorry. |
In exclamations
a euph. for I’ll be goddamned! under god-damn v.
| N.O. Picayune 6 May 2/6: I’ll be gaul-durned ef I deu [DA]. | |
| Bushrangers 14: My new-found friend acknowledged that some parties had made fortunes through his aid. ‘But they don’t come it any more, I’ll be goll darned if they do,’ cried Hopeful. | |
| Reminiscences 192: I’ll be gol-walloped ef I don’t believe [...] the female boss can’t be lifted again. | |
| Forty Years a Gambler 167: I’ll be gol darned if you didn’t get me. | |
| Overland Monthly (CA) July 34: I’ll be gol darned if I ain’t smoked out Gopher Bill! | |
| On Board a Whaler 180: I’ll be goll darned if I know. | |
| White House Diary 17 July (1970) 183: Well, I’ll be gol-durned — the salesman that sold it to me said it was Harry Truman in his ceremonial Masonic clothes! | |
| Treasure Hunt 112: ‘Lookee here!’ He triumphantly held up a small white card. ‘I’ll be goldarned if it ain’t the one that Ronald gave me’. | |
| Goalies 86: Well, he got hit there, [...] and I’ll be goldarned if he didn’t quit hockey. |