Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Land-damn

A corruption of landan (to rate or reprove severely). According to Dean Milles the word is still used in Gloucestershire.

“You are abused ... would I knew the villain, I would land-damn him.” —Shakespeare: Winter's Tale ii. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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