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blood and ouns

blood and ouns noun: the blood and wounds of Christ on the cross.

Noun

blood and ouns pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only) The blood and wounds of Christ on the cross.
    • Stephen watches Mulligan from the staircase as he mockingly blesses his surroundings and offers to an imaginary congregation the "body and soul and blood and ouns" (wounds) of a female Christ, "christine", […]1996, Harry Blamires, The New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses, →ISBN, page 3

Interjection

  1. (archaic, dialectal, mildly blasphemous) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, frustration.
    • Och, blood an ouns! what can the matter be !1807, Colman Jr., The Mountaineers, in The English and American Stage - Volume 13, page 36
    • Blood an 'ouns can't you say something.1833, The New Theatrical Observer and Censor of the Stage, page 70

Questions about blood and ouns

What does blood and ouns mean?
Blood and ouns means the blood and wounds of Christ on the cross.
What part of speech is blood and ouns?
Blood and ouns can be a noun or an interjection.

Words near blood and ouns in the dictionary

  1. blood accusations
  2. blood alley
  3. blood alleys
  4. blood and ashes
  5. blood and guts
  6. blood and ouns
  7. Blood and Sand
  8. blood and soil
  9. blood and thunder
  10. blood and treasure
  11. blood and turf

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