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darn

UK/daːn/ US/dɑɹn/ common
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

repair by sewing

  • “darn socks”

noun

1.

a euphemism for `damn''

2.

something of little value

  • “his promise is not worth a damn”
  • “not worth one red cent”
  • “not worth shucks”
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3.

sewing or darning that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

  • “her stockings had several mends”
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Origin

From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *darnī (“hidden, secret”). Related to Old English dyrne, dierne (“secret”, adjective).

Phrases

  • darn tootin'

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