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Blankety - What does it mean?

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blankety

English

Alternative forms

* blankity

Etymology 1

(blank), from the printer's mark (as in d—!'' for ''damn! ).

Adjective

(-)
  • (dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
  • * 1912 , Howard Benjamin Grose, Missions: an international Baptist magazine, Volume 3
    • I'm the blankety -blankety-blank-blank worst man in all this blankety-blankety-blank-blank country...
  • * 1915 , Stanley William Coxon, And that reminds me
    • ...a megaphone demanded to know who the, what the, how the, why the blankety -blank-blank wasn't I keeping my blankety watch on the blankety-blank-blank deck!!

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Resembling or related to a blanket.
  • * 1853 , , Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour , page 206:
    • for the cold had struck through his person, his fine clothes being a poor substitute for his thick double-milled red coat, blankety waistcoat, and Jersey shirt.
  • * 1917 , , Australia Felix , Chapter VIII:
    • Later in the day, clad in an odd collection of baggy garments, he sat and warmed himself in the sun, which was fast drawing up in the form of a blankety mist the moisture from the ground.
  • * 2009 , Laura Resau, The Indigo Notebook , Delacorte Press (2009), ISBN 9780375845246, page 147:
    • It's a floating feeling, an eyes-closed, comfy, blankety feeling, the feeling of not having to worry about anything.
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