spooney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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
He says he never saw a fellow so spooney over his own sister as I am.
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)
“Who cares for my spooney old brother-in-law, Marky?”
From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines
Why what a spooney sister, you are, to be sure.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
If anybody had told me that I should go as spooney about any woman as I have about that little girl Geraldine, I'd have given 'em the lie direct; I would, indeed!
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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