spooney
Americanadjective
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It is a spooney thing to take up with one’s tutor’s daughter, but it can’t be helped.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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 J. B. Salmond
"Well, this beats me, I never thought you would turn spooney."
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Harry Castlemon
I wonder if there’s time to change the spooney simplicity, and come out in something spicy, with a dash of the Bloomer.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
For, if a fellow feels like a fool, you know, when he's talking spooney, how much more like a fool must he feel when he sits down and deliberately writes spooney!
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
There was a catch, a trip, and Mr. Butler went to the ground, mussing the knees of his spooniest pair of white ducks.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
As a member of the guard he wore a pair of immaculate white duck trousers, which held the "spooniest" crease imaginable.
From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Late walks, and the spooniest of flirtations characterize the Saturday evening.
From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd
Well, of all the spooniest, unsociable, selfish people, you two are the worst.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
I arn't ashamed to say I sit and veep To think of Seven Year of keepin Sheep, The spooniest Beast in Nater, all to Sticks, And not a Votch to take for all their Ticks!
From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood
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