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Definition of Spoonerisms
1. spoonerism [n] - See also: spoonerism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoonerisms
Literary usage of Spoonerisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"Nothing, however, in all this .gives a hint that he ever perpetrated what would
now-a-days be called " spoonerisms." I> these any evidence that he used ..."
2. Portraits of the Seventies by George William Erskine Russell (1916)
"spoonerisms " were then just coming into vogue, and the Archbishop-Designate
rolled out specimen after specimen of that form of pleasantry, ..."
3. Forty Years of 'Spy,' by Leslie Ward (1915)
"... has been necessary for a " complete stalk "—when I was endeavouring to obtain
a glimpse of Doctor Spooner (known to fame as the creator of spoonerisms), ..."
4. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"We discuss puns, deliberate ambiguity, the double entendre, malapropisms, and
spoonerisms. I emphasize the necessity of getting tone, audience, purpose, ..."
5. In Slums and Society: Reminiscences of Old Friends by James Granville Adderley (1916)
"My bread, I think" (sticking his fork into something). " No, my hand," said the
lady. I am not going to indulge in " spoonerisms," of which I verily believe ..."
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