luny
Americanadjective
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lunies
plural
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The ranchers laughed and said he was luny over gold, and that he never had seen any.
From Polly of Pebbly Pit by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
I knew he wouldn't let the old lady believe for a moment I was luny, if once he could be sure himself that I wasn't.
From In the Bishop's Carriage by Miriam Michelson
"I think, sir, he's a little luny," replied Ginger Nut with a grin.
From Bartleby, the Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville
And he made for Buncombe, and I had to hold them apart; and there was Adams in the middle, gone luny again, and carrying on about copra like a born fool.
From Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson
Young Mrs. Forsyth tittered immoderately, and the next week it was rumoured about the valley that 'Tony Garstin was gone luny over t' parson's niece.'
From Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship by Israel Zangwill
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