Meanings
verb
- USdialectalintransitiveswear (in the phrase I'll swunny or I swunny, expressing wonderment)
“Well I'll swunny, that lil' booger jus' kicked an' kicked . . . He wuz so active Miz Betty an' I know'd that made Caroline feel more at ease with tha pregnancy an' all . . .
2011, Wanda Conley Lopez, The Man from Little Junction: Meet Ol' Jeb, page 731 more example
"Well — I swunny! — That beats me — Never minded!" He got up and stretched himself — and looked at Anthony. "Never minded!" he said — and went slowly out, turning over London in his mind.
1913, Jennette Lee, The Taste of Apples, page 345
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swunny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swunny
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“swunny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swunny. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swunny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swunny.
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