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Drat

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Drat
    drat a minced oath used to express vexation, as 'Drat the boy!'
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Aphetic from God rot!

Usage in the news

Sweet, sweet victory over the parking ticket people, the dratted tow truck and the confused courthouse. blog.oregonlive.com

The run for the state Senate 's 19th District seat is one of those dratted cases where I hate to see either candidate lose. columbiatribune.com

Usage in literature

So Nurse said: `Drat those boys! "Etheldreda the Ready" by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

Drat the girl, where's she got to? "The Moving Finger" by Mary Gaunt

Wich I thinks hit were that dratted dorg. "Adrift in the Ice-Fields" by Charles W. Hall

Drat these sniffy snapping Leaguers! "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 18, 1893" by Various

No, drat her, she's out again! "Sonnie-Boy's People" by James B. Connolly

I've had it every year since it became the fashion, drat it! "Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge" by Pemberton Ginther

Drat the luck, anyway. "From Farm to Fortune" by Horatio Alger Jr.

But you let that dratted Eg heave in sight with all sail sot and signals flyin' and she's all smiles in a minute. "Fair Harbor" by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

But for de dratted fence ole Pomp nebber let um reach um own tree. "The Hunters' Feast" by Mayne Reid

Oh, of course, It's always some dratted petticoat! "The Book of Humorous Verse" by Various

Usage in poetry
The farmer shouted, "Drat the boys!"
And, mounting on a ladder,
He sought the cause of all the noise;
No farmer could be madder,
Which was not hard to understand
Because the glass had cut his hand.
On the apern o' the dam, legs a-danglin' over,
Drowsy-like with sound o' worter and the smell o' clover:
Fish all out a visitin'--'cept some dratted minnor!
Yes, and mill shet down at last and hands is gone to dinner.