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'swounds

American  

[zwoundz, zoundz, zwoondz] / zwaʊndz, zaʊndz, zwundz /

interjection

Obsolete.

1. zounds.

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swounds British  

/ zwaʊndz, zaʊndz /

interjection

1. archaic less common spellings of zounds

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Etymology

Origin of 'swounds

First recorded in 1580–90; 's ³ + wound ¹ + -s ³

Example Sentences

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Collar, sir? 'swounds, I scorn your collar, I, sir, am no collier's horse, sir, never ride me with your collar, an you do, I'll shew you a jade's trick.

From Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson

No kindly angel whispered to her that she should go in, now, for "swounds and vapours," and thus bolster up the protectiveness that had come to birth within him that night.

From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles

But for the name's sake, swounds, I were as good serve a master   of clouts.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by William Carew Hazlitt

He swounds, fetch him some Cordial—Now put in, Sir.

From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by John Fletcher

Nay, swounds, it shall; she's mine in scorn of speed.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

He swounds, fetch him some Cordiall—Now put in Sir.

From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by John Fletcher