Drat

[dræt]

v.t. a minced oath used to express vexation as 'Drat the boy!'

Checker: Thelma

Drat him, give him a meal of chaff! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Drat that beadle! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Drat that boy, interposed my sister, frowning at me over her work, what a questioner he is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Drat the boy,' said little Mrs. Cluppins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Drat the child! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Drat you, be quiet! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typist: Tim