spooney
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Moses, ain't she a slap-up girl, and ain't they just spooney!
From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
They may say what they please about Reckage, but I call him a spooney.
From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by Hobbes, John Oliver
Why, Izzie, what's the matter? you and George are both looking as spooney as—is it, eh?—yes, it is: isn't it?
From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
More unmanageable he could not have been; nor more likely to be spooney about Diana.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
“Who cares for my spooney old brother-in-law, Marky?”
From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines
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