Lexicographical Neighbors of Looneys
Literary usage of Looneys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The cruise of the Snowbird by Gordon Stables, William Gordon Stables (1882)
"Did you call on the looneys when you were there? Jolly family the looneys.'"
"There is a kind of metaphorical truth in what you say, Rory," Ralph replied; ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"You are the head of the family of the O'looneys ? ' " ' And hold of course the
possessions of the name?' " ' Like enough,' says I. " ' To be sure. ..."
3. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1844)
"Thus a damsel in the popular song tells her lover: "I'm none of your looneys nor
half-famished Mooneys, That picked out and sold the big minions [a species ..."
4. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the by George Hill (1877)
"... bore the latter epithet because of his having been fostered in a family of
the O'looneys of ..."
5. My Run Home by Rolf Boldrewood (1897)
"... or whatever they call their place for looneys here. But I expect you'd have
muzzled him, sir ?' ' Most probably,' I answered ; ' and now, I suppose, ..."
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