单词 | consarn it! |
释义 | > as lemmasconsarn it! 7. transitive. regional. Used in the optative with no subject to express annoyance, hatred, dismissal, etc.: ‘damn (it, you, etc.)!’. Frequently in consarn it! Cf. concerned adj. 3. ΚΠ 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. x. 384 Concern it, Dinah, says I, why if you was to eat all the good things what would there be left for me? 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. xvii. 222 ‘Consarn his pictur!’ said Jeff. 1872 ‘Agrikler’ Rhymes (ed. 2) 8 Yo lubberly, long gutted, liazy lout! Consarn thy yead. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Consarn you, an objurgation equivalent to ‘confound you’. 1906 A. Brown Court of Love vii. 159 ‘He got away.’ Jakes shook his head. ‘Consarn him!’ 2002 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 24 Nov. e2/4 The Stones may be old, but, consarn it, they can still play. < as lemmas |
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