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
“Ah, ha! Mr. Pocket! I’m a-comin’, I’m a-comin’, an’ I’m shorely gwine to get yer!
From Slate
I’m gwine to get yer as shore as punkins ain’t cauliflowers!”
From Slate
Aunt Hager is Sandy’s primary caretaker, and it is her grandson in whom she invests all her hopes for her family line: “I’s gwine raise one chile right yet, if de Lawd lets me live — just one chile right!”
From New York Times
In the original, blackface performers mocked slaves for saying “gwine” instead of “going,” “dis” rather than “this” and so on.
From New York Times
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