In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DARNED
blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal
(adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers; “he’s a blasted idiot”; “it’s a blamed shame”; “a blame cold winter”; “not a blessed dime”; “I’ll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I’ll do any such thing”; “he’s a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool”; “a deuced idiot”; “an infernal nuisance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
darned
simple past tense and past participle of darn
Adjective
darned (not comparable)
(euphemistic) A minced oath for damned.
Adverb
darned (not comparable)
(degree) Damned, extremely.
Anagrams
• Darden, dander, randed
Source: Wiktionary
DARN
Darn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned; p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] Etym: [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.]
Definition: 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 stockins. Swift. Darning last. See under Last.
– Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zoöl.) 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, n.
Definition: A place mended by darning.
Darn, v. t.
Definition: A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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