'swounds

[ zwoundz, zoundz, zwoondz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

interjection

, Obsolete.

swounds

/ zwaʊndz; zaʊndz /

First recorded in 1580–90; 's ³ + wound ¹ + -s ³

Over streams and fallen trees, and chinquepin ridges; through bogs and myrtle thickets and miles of grape vines—swounds!

"I suppose that's what you've been expecting me to do—faint all over the place—swounds and vapours," she said, laughing faintly.

Swounds, but an empty stomach is a craven comrade in a desperate enterprise.

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