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English
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Etymology
Minced oath of goddamn and/or goddamned.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doggone (no comparative, superlative doggonest)
- (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!"
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Interjection
doggone
- (US, dialectal) Euphemistic form of goddamned; an expression of anger or annoyance.
- Doggone! I lost my keys again.
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