oont
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of oont
C19: from Hindi unt
Example Sentences
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O the oont*, O the oont, O the commissariat oont!
From Verses 1889-1896 by Kipling, Rudyard
O the oont, 1 O the oont, O the commissariat oont!
From Departmental Ditties and Barrack Room Ballads by Kipling, Rudyard
A mole in the Gloucestershire dialect is an "oont" or "woont."
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
If you can, I'll come down again and we'll both go up on the oont.
From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher
"Oh, the oont, oh, the oont, oh, the gawdforsaken oont!" as the poet of the barrack-room sings.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
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