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• n  something of little value
• n  sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
• v  repair by sewing
  darn socks

• I said smile, darn it! As the summit begins, President Clinton ushers Barak and Arafat toward the press corps .
• The planners know darn well they can't exclude non-Catholics from buying one of the 11,000 planned homes.
• His wife must look as if she can cook, darn, speak in public modestly and not too much and dance sedately with an Ambassador.

• damn
• hoot
• red cent
• shit
• shucks
• tinker's damn
• tinker's dam
• mend
• patch

News & Articles

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• 'Man of Steel' Flys High
  Welcome to the Box Office Report, where Superman can leap over buildings in a single bound and melt glaciers with his gaze, but he still has to call Batman to open this darn pickle jar.
  June 16, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
• Rocawear’s Debt Spiraling Out of Control
  *It was pretty darn obvious that Rocawear was on its way out when even Jay Z (shown above) stopped wearing the clothes. But some people just have to learn the way. Take the Iconix Group for example. The company purchased Rocawear for $204 million in 2007. Shortly thereafter, business bombed. The urban line once racked [...]
  June 16, 2013 - EURweb
• 'Man of Steel' Flies High
  Welcome to the Box Office Report, where Superman can leap over buildings in a single bound and melt glaciers with his gaze, but he still has to call Batman to open this darn pickle jar.        
  June 16, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire

Quotes

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• Jimmie Johnson in The Reporter
  I thought, I don't care if I win this race or not,Johnson said. "I don't care if I finish this (darn) thing. I'm running into him and get by him one way or another."
• Regis Philbin in Kansas City Star
  Darn it, I don't want to do it,Philbin said. "Nobody wants to do it, I guess. And I had a second opinion, I did all those things, and so they're all in agreement that it should be the bypass. And so that's what I'm going to do."
• Sunil Gulati in Wall Street Journal (blog)
  He's done a very good job, and we've made that clear,Mr. Gulati said. "When we've had our A team, his record is pretty darn good. The problem is our expectations have risen very sharply."