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doggone

[dawg-gawn, -gon, dog-] / ˈdɔgˈgɔn, -ˈgɒn, ˈdɒg- /




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Let’s just say there’s a whole lot of doggone fun to have here.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 29, 2025

“When I first started coming, they were very standoffish. Now most of them are pretty doggone friendly,” Olivio said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

“Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they’re doing a doggone good job, which I’m very thankful for,” tight end Logan Thomas said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

But sometimes, he emphasized, it does “get pretty doggone hot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2022

Shucks, who’d want a daddy that on top of being so old and so doggone mean had such a big belly?

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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