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Darn   /dɑrn/   Listen
verb
Darn  v. t.  (past & past part. darned; pres. part. darning)  To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread. "He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings."
Darning last. See under Last.
Darning needle.
(a)
A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings.
(b)
(Zool.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. Note: (In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.) Called also devil's darning-needle.


Darn  v. t.  A colloquial euphemism for Damn.


noun
Darn  n.  A place mended by darning.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Darn" Quotes from Famous Books



... said reluctantly, "I guess we are. But darn it, Martha, how does a guy grow up? How does a guy learn these things?" His voice was plaintive, it galled him to admit that for all of his knowledge and his competence, he was still just a bit more ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith
... me out, darn you!" I yelled. "I'm not going to study. You can keep me here all night and I won't study. You see ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour
... sister, is there anything—Oh, DARN your sister!" broke forth the irrepressible Polly. "I'll be your sister for this. Is there anything about you and your life here that you'd be afraid ...
— The Unspeakable Perk • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... Clere, pushing the piece of worsted to one side. "I'll not take a farthing under the shilling, if you ask me while next week. You can just go to Tomkins, and if you don't find you've got to darn his worthless frieze afore you've done making it up, why, my name isn't Bridget Clere, that's all. Now, Rose Allen, ...
— The King's Daughters • Emily Sarah Holt
... by saying, "Woman's place is the home" and, "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world," and even sometimes flashes out with the brilliant retort, "It would suit those women better to stay at home and darn their ...
— In Times Like These • Nellie L. McClung


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