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Definition of Tarnation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnation
Literary usage of Tarnation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... he reach'd his native city, If he didn't look tarnation streaked and foolish,
.... tarnation ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Nation, tarnation—contd. 1800 This was to be sure a nation ... 1801 The Americans
say, tarnation seize me, or swamp me, if I don't do this or that.—Col. ..."
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