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drat
(drat)
Pronunciation:
/drat/
exclamation
(often
drat someone/something
)
a fairly mild expression of anger or annoyance:
‘Oh, drat Feargal and his suspicions!’
Derivatives
dratted
adjective
Origin:
early 19th century
: shortening of
od rat
, euphemism for
God rot
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