doggone

• daggone
• doggoned (adjective)

Minced oath of goddamn and/or goddamned.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŏgŏn; IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɡ.ɒn/
• (General American) enPR: dägän; IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɡ.ɑn/

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doggone (no comparative, superlative doggonest)

1. (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned.

   I lost my doggone keys again!

   • 1849, Emerson Bennett, Leni-Leoti; or, Adventures in the Far West:

     "Hist!" exclaimed Black George. "I'll be dog-gone ef [if] I don't think we're chawed [chewed] up this time, sure as sin!"

• See also Thesaurus:damned

doggone

1. (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned; an expression of anger or annoyance.

   Doggone! I lost my keys again.

• dangnabbit

• damn
• daggum
• dang
• darn