soun
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soun
First recorded in 1300–50
Example Sentences
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“That really soun like Night of Joy chariddy when them orphan pay in in a lotta money for whatever they gettin.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Curiae. car coment qil nest pas soun villein del' manoire, etc. sil fuit soun villein in gros, asses suffist.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
The Gascon peasants have an adaptation of Gaston Phoebus' romance:— Aqueros mountines Qui ta haoutes soun, M'empechen de bede Mas arnous oun soun.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
Las richesses deü moundé nou bèn queda turmen; Et lou plus bèt Seignou, dab soun aryen, Nou baü pas lou Pastou qui biü counten.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
On page 74, "soun" was changed to "sound".
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
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