gwine
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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“Ya know ya can tell me. In fact, we gwine stand right here tills ya tell me.”
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2019
I’m gwine to get yer as shore as punkins ain’t cauliflowers!”
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
“Ah, ha! Mr. Pocket! I’m a-comin’, I’m a-comin’, an’ I’m shorely gwine to get yer!
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
“Ain’t got nobody in all this world, Ain’t got nobody but ma self. I’s gwine to quit ma frownin’ And put ma troubles on the shelf.”
From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015
“Miss Cahline say ef you cant quiet him, she gwine git up en come down en do hit.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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