dawney

British

/ ˈdɑːniː /

adjective

(of a person) dull or slow; listless

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Etymology

Origin of dawney

of unknown origin

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"An' that's God's truth!" says I, an' felt about To touch her dawney hand, for all looked dark, An' in my hunger-bleached, shmall-beatin' heart, I felt the kindlin' of a burning spark.

From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy

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