dunder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dunder
1785–95; alteration of Spanish redundar to overflow
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And in cocoons that mocked the Glug The Swanks, the Swanks, the under-Swanks, The dunder Swanks lay snug.
From The Glugs of Gosh by C. J. (Clarence James) Dennis
He would not a take his cue, a dunder pate!
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
"By shimminy dunder, I feel yoost like ash if I vas tickled to death, t'ings haff turned oud so vell," Fritz cried, as he placed Madge on her feet.
From No title by
"I don'd seen no dunder shower coming up somevere, do I?"
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish
By dunder, said the centinel, I saw it bleed.
From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
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