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Answer for the clue "Pet left annoying American ", 7 letters:
doggone

Alternative clues for the word doggone

Word definitions for doggone in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, American English, a "fantastic perversion of god-damned" [Weekley]. But Mencken favors the theory that it is "a blend form of dog on it; in fact it is still often used with it following. It is thus a brother to the old English phrase, 'a pox upon ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
doggone \dog"gone\, doggoned \dog"goned\, adv. Damned; darned; -- used as an informal intensifier; as, he's a doggoned good golfer. [Informal]

Usage examples of doggone.

If I was ever fooled by a man in my life, I was fooled by that doggone mate.

Once he was on the coach, if the doggone thing ever came, he intended to drink himself unconscious.

And from the time those doggone Wal-Marts opened until almost today, it has been a little challenging.

She deserved a special tribute, and doggone it, he deserved the privilege of providing one.

When the team took home a bronze medal, she thought, How appropriate, how doggone appropriate.

I'm getting doggoned tired of cashiering for fifteen a week and getting docked for shortages I don't make.

They’re doggoned simple things in spite of the fact that we can’t understand them.

Yes, 'Pik-k,' doggone yuh--after me going crazy with yuh, just about, and thinking you're about to blow your radiator cap plumb up through the roof!