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'dswounds

UK/dzwuːndz/US/dzwundz/

'dswounds interjection: synonym of zounds.

Interjection

  1. (archaic) Synonym of zounds.
    • ’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter IX. A Copy of Nic. Frog’s letter...
    Synonyms:
    'swounds, zounds

Synonyms of 'dswounds

Origin of 'dswounds

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

Words that rhyme with 'dswounds

Questions about 'dswounds

What does 'dswounds mean?
'dswounds means synonym of zounds.
What part of speech is 'dswounds?
'dswounds is an interjection.
How do you pronounce 'dswounds?
'dswounds is pronounced /dzwuːndz/ (UK).

Words near 'dswounds in the dictionary

  1. 'dos
  2. 'droid
  3. 'droids
  4. 'drome
  5. 'dromes
  6. 'dswounds
  7. 'e
  8. 'e'll
  9. 'e's
  10. 'ead
  11. 'eads

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