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durns

durns is the plural of durn.

durns is the alternative form of dern.

Meaning of durn

Adjective

durn (not comparable)

  1. (US, euphemistic, informal) darn; damn.

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Meaning of dern

Noun (1)

dern (plural derns)

  1. (obsolete) A secret; secrecy.
  2. (obsolete) A secret place; hiding.
  3. (obsolete) An obscure language.
  4. (obsolete) Darkness; obscurity.

Noun (2)

dern (plural derns)

  1. (UK) A gatepost or doorpost.
    • So I just put my eye between the wall and the dern of the gate, and I saw him come up to the back door […]1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, Ch. XIV, How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings

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Questions about durns

What is durns the plural of?
Durns is the plural of durn.

Words near durns in the dictionary

  1. Durning
  2. Durnings
  3. Durnins
  4. Durnion
  5. Durnions
  6. durns
  7. Duro
  8. Duroby
  9. Duroc
  10. Durocher
  11. Durochers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: durns (page history and authors); durn (page history and authors); dern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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