dauncy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A remarkable word, common in the Smokies, is dauncy, defined for me as “mincy about eating,” which is to say fastidious, over-nice.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
But next day when she comes down stairs she acts dauncy and low-spirited for awhile.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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