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- noun Alternative form of
darnedest .
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Examples
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Be sure to check back in for my next fantasy-hoops chat Tuesday at noon ET, when I'll do my durnedest to address your questions and concerns.
USATODAY.com - Fantasy Focus: Evaluating the NBA's one-category wonders 2005
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He was there to do his durnedest, not to inspect objects of interest by the wayside.
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Most everybody liked Dock Stebbins, fur all he wuz the durnedest critter that ever lived to play jokes on folks!
A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872
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Crossin '; but I mought hev felt a heap sorrier for the creeters that hed to live there, for I'll allow that York Crossin' is a _leetle_ the durnedest lonesomest place I ever seen.
A Little Book of Profitable Tales Eugene Field 1872
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