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dash

/ˈdæʃ/ interjection C2
  1. Damn!
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“Well,” said Dantès, “mark this; if you refuse at least to tell Mercédès I am here, I will some day hide myself behind the door, and when you enter I will dash out your brains with this stool.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 80 · C1
Frank Stockley had lots more dash and go, but then he wasn’t half as good-looking as Gilbert and she really couldn’t decide which she liked best!
Anne of Green Gables, p. 298 · C1
But, first, as I am rather shaken by the knocking about which I had in the dressing-room, I think that I shall help myself to a dash of your brandy, Colonel.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 47 · B2
Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 113 · B2

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