Blankety-blank
damned; darned (used to imply an omission of an unprintable or unspeakable word):
The blankety-blank motor stalled again.
Historical Examples
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park James Willard Schultz
Wounds in the rain Stephen Crane
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) Various
Our Army at the Front Heywood Broun
Wounds in the rain Stephen Crane
The Sky Pilot Ralph Connor
From Pillar to Post John Kendrick Bangs
The Annals of Ann Kate Trimble Sharber
Nat Goodwin’s Book Nat C. Goodwin
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