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Definition of Drownding
1. drownd [v] - See also: drownd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drownding
Literary usage of Drownding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"And drownding is for me and mine so serious a matter, That if the case is put
for us. it can't be put too strong. So whilst I continues my duty to do, ..."
2. The Spirit of Nature Study: A Book of Social Suggestion and Sympathy for All by Edward Fuller Bigelow (1907)
"... thing I heard was Hiram squeaking out, 'Darlington, Dar- lington, come here
quick; Polly's a callin' thet there's some one drownding out in the pond. ..."
3. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"drownding THE MILLER. When too much water has been ... into a bowl of flour, it
is called " drownding t' miller," and more flour is required. DU. ..."
4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1881)
"That Injun devil would'nt make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats,
if we was to squeak 'bout this and they didn't hang him. Now look-a-here, ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"We'd soon emptied our three-gallon bottle, and TOMMY he pulled a bit wild, And
we blundered slap into a skiff, and wos jolly near drownding a child. ..."
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