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Definition of Swooner
1. one that swoons [n -S] - See also: swoons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swooner
Literary usage of Swooner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Married women swooned, too, but the swooner par excellence was the spinster.
A sentence in Dickens runs in my memory as an example of what was thought ..."
2. Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1911)
"Nancy had secretly trained Peter so that he was the best swooner of the family,
and his comical imitation of Nancy was so mirth-compelling ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Married women swooned, too, but the swooner par excellence was the spinster.
A sentence in Dickens runs in my memory as an example of what was thought ..."
4. Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1911)
"Nancy had secretly trained Peter so that he was the best swooner of the family,
and his comical imitation of Nancy was so mirth-compelling ..."
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