spooney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I reached forward my hand, and tried to take hers, all the time saying no end of spooney things.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by De Mille, James
"Well, this beats me, I never thought you would turn spooney."
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry
“Who cares for my spooney old brother-in-law, Marky?”
From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines
Well, he could, he believed, submit to much, perhaps all, of these, but he could n't, at least he did n't fancy he could, be "spooney."
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
The haivers o' the two spooney craturs juist garred me feel like's I'd taen a fizzy drink or something.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
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