Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnal
Literary usage of Tarnal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"And cure you of shying them stones and stickt ; And I'll have my hardware back,
and my cash, And knock your scow into tarnal smash ..."
2. Nick of the Woods: Or, The Jibbenainosay; a Tale of Kentucky by Robert Montgomery Bird (1853)
"'tarnal death to me!" he roared, first leaping into the air and cracking his ...
And then I thought, and says I, 'tarnal death to me, who are they atter ? ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"tarnal. Eternal. A Yankee form of swearing. 1790 The snarl-headed curs fell
a-kicking and cursing of me at such a tarnal rate, ..."
4. The Scrap Book (1906)
"Cousin Simon was so 'tarnal bold, I thought he would have cocked it; It scar'd
me so, I streak'd it off, And hung by father's pocket. ..."
5. Origin and History of the American Flag and of the Naval and Yacht-club by George Henry Preble, Charles Edward Asnis (1917)
"They were so tarnal lin-ah, I wanted peskily to get To hand to my Jemima. Chorus.
... So tarnal long, so tarnal deep, — They allowed they were to hold me. ..."
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