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'dswounds
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English
Etymology
en God's wounds; see en zounds.
Pronunciation
en /dzwuːndz/ RP
en /dzwundz/ GA
en uːndz 1
Interjection
en archaic en zounds.
en 'swounds
1733 IX A Copy of Nic. Frog's letter to John Bull 107 ’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?