I. interjection
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I'll be darned if ...
I'll be darned!
a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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If he listened to Anthony Scrivener, he would be a darned sight better.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
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The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.
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We were a darned sight better than them.
darned if I know
II. adjective
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■ ADVERB
pretty
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I figure from here to the Cloisters and back is pretty darn close to a half marathon.
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We really are blessed in California; we have it pretty darn easy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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If he listened to Anthony Scrivener, he would be a darned sight better.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
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The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.
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We were a darned sight better than them.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Darned mosquito. It keeps flying around me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I think I know a little bit about this darn stuff.
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Or the whole darn lot of them in one ghastly premeditated assault?
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The first order of business is for the guys to save themselves from the elements, starvation, and that darn bear.
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The Raiders made theirs on the sideline watching Testaverde realize that he just might be able to win this darn thing.
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Then leave the darn thing alone.
III. verb
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■ ADVERB
well
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Boyd could darn well pay her more housekeeping to cover the extra hours of work.
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Considering the arduous nature of their work, these require darning and stitching all too often.
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Gosh darn it, I expected it to be done.
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If it could darn socks, I'd marry it.
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Loopy Lil gently smiled her new even welfare smile while Mrs Hollidaye darned lisle stockings.
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Sore eyes I may have, but at least I am not blind and can still darn my own stockings.
IV. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sight
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The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I'll be darned if ...
I'll be darned!
darned if I know
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I don't give a darn if the results don't coincide with the editorial board's political biases!