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Mend? Oh no (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darn

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'mend?' is the definition.
(I know that mend can be written as darn)

'oh no' is the wordplay.
'oh' becomes 'dar' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'no' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation).
'dar'+'n'='DARN'

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(Other definitions for darn that I've seen before include "Mend with a needle" , "Mend (woollens)" , "Mend by stitching - damn!" , "Mend woollen items" , "Mend with wool using needles" .)

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