spooney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He may have been only "spooney," but it was in a sense that left him no pretence for thinking that anything connected with this beautiful young widow-lady could be unimportant to him.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
"I wanted Charley to try his chance," said Agincourt, evading the question; "but he is spooney on his cousin May, I fancy, and has no mind to do a prudent thing."
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
"That mamma knows Mr. Fenwick is spooney, and looks up at times to see that he's going on."
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
Did you ever see anything so spooney as they looked all through dinner yesterday and luncheon to-day?
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
“He seems to,” replied Morgan, “they’re as spooney as can be, when they’re not quarreling.”
From The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West by Barbour, A. Maynard (Anna Maynard)
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