boun
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of boun
Middle English; 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
A plenty o’ both on the ole mission lands, I’ll be boun’.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
O it fell anes, upon a day,55 The King was boun to ride; And he has mist him, Erl Richard, Should hae ridden on his right side.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
“Now, I know’d you wur well mounted, but I knowd you wur arter the fastest critter on all these parairas; so I sez to Bill, sez I: ‘Billee, thur boun for a long gallup.’
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
I thort for a spell, I wur boun to go under.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
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