Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An Englishman: a term of reproach applied by the French.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective vulgar A more intense and vulgar form of darned; -- often taken as profane and offensive.

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  • interjection Common misspelling of goddamn.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb extremely
  • adjective expletives used informally as intensifiers

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Examples

  • And some man, a stranger, an enemy, an Englishman, one that we call a goddam, for their unending blaspheming, holds out a crucifix of rough whittled wood, something of his own crude making, and I snatch it without pride from his dirty hands.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • And some man, a stranger, an enemy, an Englishman, one that we call a goddam, for their unending blaspheming, holds out a crucifix of rough whittled wood, something of his own crude making, and I snatch it without pride from his dirty hands.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • And some man, a stranger, an enemy, an Englishman, one that we call a goddam, for their unending blaspheming, holds out a crucifix of rough whittled wood, something of his own crude making, and I snatch it without pride from his dirty hands.

    The White Queen Philippa Gregory 2009

  • Ask me if I looked like an asshole in my beige pants suit in the middle of all these practically teenagers in Bunting goddam Hall.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • 6 Comments - “Fun with H1N1” - Comments Feed natedog (UID#1905) on November 17th, 2009 at 11: 22 am goddam is that GWBush in that bottom pic?

    Fun with H1N1 | My[confined]Space 2009

  • Then Jon Volkmer, an English professor, had what Holden Caulfield would have called a goddam terrific idea.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WINERIP 2011

  • Another proof that he was a native of the universal country was apparent in the fact of his knowing no other Italian words than the terms used in music, and which like the "goddam" of Figaro, served all possible linguistic requirements.

    The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • If you think I’m bein’ unfair then you go’n call the goddam cops.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • If you think I’m bein’ unfair then you go’n call the goddam cops.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • If you think I’m bein’ unfair then you go’n call the goddam cops.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

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