Doon

[ doon ]

/ dun /

noun

a river in SW Scotland, flowing NW from Ayr County to the Firth of Clyde. About 30 miles (48 km) long.

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Example sentences from the Web for doon

Local book festivals such as the Doon readings in Dehra Dun and the Kalaghoda festival in Mumbai are increasingly popular.
Celebrating Books at 7,600 Feet|Namita Gokhale|May 24, 2010|DAILY BEAST
We'll hae some place or ither to put him intil, gin it suld be only a shak'-doon upo' the flure.'
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald
Ye mean it weel, I daur say, but ye've doon yer wark, and ye maun leave it.'
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
Mebbe, Maister Smuth, if we wad have had a dram afore ye wass lettin' doon yer line, we micht have grappit that muckle fush!
Mr. Punch With Rod and Gun|Various

Then I heard a great cracklin' of wood, and I knew that the palisades were doon.
The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago|Arthur Conan Doyle
It was a' a booin' doon afore and an aspirin' up into the bosom o' the infinite God.
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for doon

doon

doun

/ (duːn) /

preposition, adverb, adjective

a Scot word for down 1

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