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Synonyms for wans


Grammar : Verb
Spell : won
Phonetic Transcription : wɒn

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Définition of wans

Origin :
  • Old English wann "dark, lacking luster," later "leaden, pale, gray," of uncertain origin, and not found in other Germanic languages. The connecting notion is colorlessness. Perhaps related to wane.
  • As in etiolate : verb weaken
Example sentences :
  • That's what permotions is for, I'm thinkin'—to give the wans behoind you a chance.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • I knowed th' owld-time gunmen—the wans they tell stories of.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • It's gone on in the other wans to the assembly-rooms, and there it'll be exhibited the day after to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « The Old Curiosity Shop » by Charles Dickens
  • It's gone on in the other wans to the room where it'll be exhibited the day after to-morrow.
  • Extract from : « Ten Girls from Dickens » by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
  • Theres only two I kin trust an thems the wans as cooks for ye an serves the food.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys on Secret Service Duty » by Gerald Breckenridge
  • There's them that wants permotion in such a hurry that they all but knocks over the wans in front of 'em.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

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