soun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soun
First recorded in 1300–50
Example Sentences
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“That really soun like Night of Joy chariddy when them orphan pay in in a lotta money for whatever they gettin.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
De slaves didn' have no church den, but dey'd take a big sugar kettle and turn it top down on de groun' and put logs roun' it to kill de soun'.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Now voucheth sauf this day, or hyt be nighte, That I of yow the blissful soun may here, Or see your colour lyke the sunnè brighte, That of yellòwnesse haddè never pere.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
Den de nightmare kick lak blazes, W'en a leetle sleep dey foun'— I can sleep me in dis shanty Twice as fas' an' twice as soun'.
From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by Angus MacKay
L'Ome enterin mando le daio, Que vai balin-balan de longo e que dardaio L'ulau de soun acié sus li rous espigau.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
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