boun
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boun
Middle English; see bound 4
Example Sentences
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Len Unger finds the boun a boon for he is an excellent ele phant rider.
From Time Magazine Archive
I were boun to dig up t' pig an' bring him home afore t' mowdiewarps sud find him.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
If you him lub, you boun be true to him.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Trinquam d’aquest boun bi, Let’s hear the glasses ring, Basque.
From Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language by Wentworth Webster
"Well, when Doed saw him, he was a bit flaid, but t' lad looked at him friendly-like and says: "'Now then, Doed, wheer ista boun'?'
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
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