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swunny

swunny verb: swear (in the phrase I'll swunny or I swunny, expressing wonderment).

Verb

swunny

  1. (US, dialectal, intransitive) swear (in the phrase I'll swunny or I swunny, expressing wonderment)
    • "Well — I swunny! — That beats me — Never minded!" He got up and stretched himself — and looked at Anthony. "Never minded!" he said — and went slowly out, turning over London in his mind.1913, Jennette Lee, The Taste of Apples, page 345
    • “Well I'll swunny, that lil' booger jus' kicked an' kicked . . . He wuz so active Miz Betty an' I know'd that made Caroline feel more at ease with tha pregnancy an' all . . .2011, Wanda Conley Lopez, The Man from Little Junction: Meet Ol' Jeb, page 73

Questions about swunny

What does swunny mean?
Swunny means swear (in the phrase I'll swunny or I swunny, expressing wonderment).
What part of speech is swunny?
Swunny is a verb.

Words near swunny in the dictionary

  1. swung that way
  2. swung through
  3. swungen
  4. swunk
  5. swunken
  6. swunny
  7. swy
  8. Swyer syndrome
  9. Swyer-James syndrome
  10. Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome
  11. Swygert

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