spooney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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And, I must own, I don’t think it’s all the main chance with her, either; they’re sufficiently spooney.
From A Bride from the Bush by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
"Yes, yes, the craythur's doing somethin' in the spooney line," said Billy Quilleash; "him as hasn't the hayseed out of his hair yet."
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
“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)
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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Why, Izzie, what's the matter? you and George are both looking as spooney as—is it, eh?—yes, it is: isn't it?
From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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