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'swounds

[ zwoundz, zoundz, zwoondz ]

interjection

, Obsolete.


swounds

/ zwaʊndz; zaʊndz /

interjection

  1. archaic.
    less common spellings of zounds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of 'swounds1

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

Over streams and fallen trees, and chinquepin ridges; through bogs and myrtle thickets and miles of grape vines—swounds!

"I suppose that's what you've been expecting me to do—faint all over the place—swounds and vapours," she said, laughing faintly.

Swounds, but an empty stomach is a craven comrade in a desperate enterprise.

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