darnation n.
(US) a euph. for SE damnation, i.e. hell.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Bucktails (1847) II ii: Name? Why darnation how should I know? | |
| Southern Literary Messenger VI 508/2: ‘O, darn it to darnation,’ muttered Joe [DA]. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Cork Examiner 8 Jan. 4/4: I’ll be darned to darnation if i wouldn’t have knocked that pesky varmint into a cocked hat. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Worcs. Chron. 21 Mar. 6/1: I hope I may be darned to all darnation if I wouldn’t chaw up your ugly, mummyised corpse. | |
| Morpeth Herald 30 Mar. 3/3: The darnation ye don’t! | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Fife Herald (Scot.) 1 Feb. 4/3: Darn their ’ceitful eyes [...] blame their skins, torment their hearts, and drot them to darnation! | |
| Bayete! 37: Darnation tak’ yer! | |
| Eve. Teleg. 30 Nov. 6/3: A hazy but very pleasant voice murmered, ‘Darnation take it!’. |