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verb

Darn v. t. (past & past part. darned; pres. part. darning) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. "He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings."

Darning last. See under Last.

Darning needle.

(a)

A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.

(b)

(Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. Note: (In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.) Called also devil's darning-needle.

Darn v. t. A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

adjective

darned adj. An intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.

Synonyms: blasted, blessed, damn, damned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, gosh-darned.

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Etymology of 'Darned'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Darned" Quotes from Famous Books

... isn't a Hun, I'm a Dutchman!" said Tommy to himself. "And running the show darned systematically too—as they always do. Lucky I didn't roll in. I'd have given the wrong number, and there would have been the deuce to pay. No, this is the place for me. Hullo, here's ...

— The Secret Adversary • Agatha Christie

... the feminist?" carolled Dicky; then with mock severity: "Of course, I am to infer, madam, that my stockings are all properly darned?" ...

— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison

... on this blazing and dusty day. Their bower of wicker chairs crackled in the heat. It was too hot for sustained conversation. Once Barney Bill said: "If Bob"-Bob was the old horse's unimaginative name—"if Bob doesn't have a drink soon his darned old hide'll crack." ...

— The Fortunate Youth • William J. Locke

... blush to think I never took notice how they are tattered. I have no fewer than three women in the house, and in a summer's evening, only two hours long, the worst of these rags might have been darned across. ...

— Imaginary Conversations and Poems - A Selection • Walter Savage Landor

... singing that song. Cleverest dodging I ever did! On the first night I was so nervous I could scarcely hold the mandolin. I'd never played the infernal thing before anybody at all—only up in my bedroom. I struck the first chord, and found the darned instrument was all out of tune with the orchestra. So I just pretended to play it, and squawked away with my song, and never let my fingers touch the strings at all. Old Florance was waiting for me in the wings. I knew he was going to fire me. But ...

— The Regent • E. Arnold Bennett

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