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
Dins lis erso d'or, lou segaire, Ren plega, pitre au vent, rustico e canto gaire; Dins soun gousiè, la set estranglo la cansoun.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
Her white arm wad be a pillow for me, Fu' safter than the down; And luve wad winnow owre us his kind, kind wings, And sweetly I 'll sleep, an' soun'.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Mèste Ambroi, declining at first to sing, says "Li mirau soun creba!"
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
And when I was into my coaches set, He made his trumpets a’ to soun.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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