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consarn en · NOUN · etymology 1
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(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of concern.
Howsever, sir, that is a subject that need give us no consarn.
1847, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter IV, in The Crater; or, Vulcan’s Peak. A Tale of the Pacific. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Burgess, Stringer & Co., →OCLC, page 55:
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consarn en · VERB · etymology 1
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(alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of concern.
There isn't no place," said Phoebe, "where there isn't somethin' that Miss Panney wants to consarn herself in."
1898, Frank Richard Stockton, The Girl at Cobhurst:
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consarn en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
Alteration of confound.
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(as imperative, in oaths, no-past, no-present-participle) Confound.
Why, consarn you, Anderson Crow, I didn't have any spare children to leave around on doorsteps.
2008, George Barr McCutcheon, The Daughter of Anderson Crow, page 257:Consarn ye, take thet ! " And he banged each of the inoffensive animals in the sides with the stock of his gun
1898, Edward Stratemeyer, The minute boys of Lexington, page 33:He came to camp follerin' this cat and a holloring, 'Here kitty-kitty-kitty' all over the consarned place.
2004, Cynthia Queen, The Major's Renegade, page 128:Consarn it, Jarius, you are a hog, and no mistake.
1870, George Melville Baker, Little brown jug, page 17:"Leggo my whiskers, consarn ye!" it shouted.
1913, Janet Aldridge, The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas:
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