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darn tootin' en · ADJ
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(US, idiomatic, qualifier:countrified) Absolutely correct; speaking the truth.
Pink . . . nodded assent. "You're durn tootin’ it's right!" he testified.
1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 28, in The Heritage of the Sioux:
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(US, idiomatic, qualifier:countrified) Absolute, utter, complete, very.
I’ve decided that Wii Fit is darn tootin’ fun.
2009 January 5, Lana Sweeten-Shults, “Look out 2009, here I come”, in Times Record News, Wichita Falls, Texas, retrieved 24 Jan 2009:
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darn tootin' en · ADV
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(US, idiomatic, qualifier:countrified) Assuredly, absolutely, utterly, completely, you bet.
In speech, in rapid responses, in interviews, Kerry and Edwards remind us these days how darn tootin’ chock full of values they really are.
2004 July 17, David Brooks, “Values, Values Everywhere”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jan 2009:
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darn tootin' en · INTJ
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(US, idiomatic, qualifier:countrified) You are absolutely correct.
"May I assume you wish to enter a plea of not guilty?"
"Darn tootin’."
2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, →ISBN, page 66:
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