darn

darn
    n 1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a
         damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn:
         {damn}, {darn}, {hoot}, {red cent}, {shit}, {shucks},
         {tinker's damn}, {tinker's dam}]
    2: sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a
       garment); "her stockings had several mends" [syn: {mend},
       {patch}, {darn}]
    v 1: repair by sewing; "darn socks"
    

Darn \Darn\, n.
   A place mended by darning.
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Darn \Darn\, v. t.
   A colloquial euphemism for {Damn}.
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Darn \Darn\ (d[aum]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darned}
   (d[aum]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darning}.] [OE. derne, prob. of
   Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. &
   Arm. to E. tear. Cf. {Tear}, v. t.]
   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.
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         He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning
         his stockings.                           --Swift.
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   {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}.
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "darn":
      absolute, accurse, anathematize, blamed, blankety-blank, blaspheme,
      blast, blasted, blessed, cobble, commission, condition, confound,
      confounded, curse, cursed, cussed, damn, do up, doctor, doggone,
      downright, excommunicate, execrate, fix, fix up, fulminate against,
      hex, imprecate, infernal, mend, outright, overhaul, patch,
      patch up, positive, put in commission, put in order, put in repair,
      put in shape, ready, recap, recondition, repair, retread, service,
      set to rights, sew up, straight-out, throw a whammy,
      thunder against, tinker, tinker up, unmitigated