consarn

See also: consarn it

English

Etymology 1

Noun

consarn (plural consarns)

1. Pronunciation spelling of concern.
   • 1863, James Fenimore Cooper, The Crater‎^[1]:

     Howsever, sir, that is a subject that need give us no consarn.

Verb

consarn (third-person singular simple present consarns, present participle consarning, simple past and past participle consarned)

1. Pronunciation spelling of concern.
   • 1898, Frank Richard Stockton, The Girl at Cobhurst‎^[2]:

     There isn't no place," said Phoebe, "where there isn't somethin' that Miss Panney wants to consarn herself in."

Etymology 2

Alteration of confound.

Verb

consarn (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past, past participle consarned)

1. (in oaths, as imperative) Confound.
   • 1870, George Melville Baker, Little brown jug, page 17:

     Consarn it, Jarius, you are a hog, and no mistake.

   • 1898, Edward Stratemeyer, The minute boys of Lexington, page 33:

     Consarn ye, take thet ! " And he banged each of the inoffensive animals in the sides with the stock of his gun

   • 1913, Janet Aldridge, The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas‎^[3]:

     "Leggo my whiskers, consarn ye!" it shouted.

   • 2004, Cynthia Queen, The Major's Renegade, page 128:

     He came to camp follerin' this cat and a holloring, 'Here kitty-kitty-kitty' all over the consarned place.

   • 2008, George Barr McCutcheon, The Daughter of Anderson Crow, page 257:

     Why, consarn you, Anderson Crow, I didn't have any spare children to leave around on doorsteps.

Anagrams

• Cronans