Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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lown . - noun See
loon . - To beat; thrash.
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- verb To
beat ;thrash . - noun Ulster
boy ,youth
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its can't miss premise involving two American loun ...
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Its can't miss premise involving two American loun ...
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You walk loun 'heah no bathrobe, no slippahs, you catch' um plenty col '.
Keeper of the Keys Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933 1932
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I longed like a sailor that has been far at sea, and wasted and weatherbeaten, to see once more my native home; and, bundling up, flee from the noisy stramash to the loun dykeside of domestic privacy.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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I longed like a sailor that has been far at sea, and wasted and weatherbeaten, to see once more my native home; and, bundling up, flee from the noisy stramash to the loun dykeside of domestic privacy.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Why can't the simply put up a low level fence at the sidewalk's edge instead of leaving the grassy area on 4th St available as a public loun ... about a month ago i saw the last unit in the L with a family member. for sure it was an awkward layout with a not so great view.
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His perfon is comely and agreeable; 'and when he waV young, he mUft have been a very handfome loun.
Travels Through Germany: Containing Observations on Customs, Manners ... 1768
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"E'en sae, Milnwood," replied Cuddie; "for the puir quean gat leave to come near me wi 'speaking the loun fair, (d-- n him, that I suld say sae!) and sae she bade me God speed, and she wanted to stap siller into my hand; -- I'se warrant it was the tae half o' her fee and bountith, for she wared the ither half on pinners and pearlings to gang to see us shoot yon day at the popinjay."
Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801
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"E'en sae, Milnwood," replied Cuddie; "for the puir quean gat leave to come near me wi 'speaking the loun fair, (d-- n him, that I suld say sae!) and sae she bade me God speed, and she wanted to stap siller into my hand; -- I'se warrant it was the tae half o' her fee and bountith, for she wared the ither half on pinners and pearlings to gang to see us shoot yon day at the popinjay."
Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“E’en sae, Milnwood,” replied Cuddie; “for the puir quean gat leave to come near me wi’ speaking the loun fair,
Old Mortality 2004
dangleberry commented on the word loun
a boy, can also be loonie without any derogatory connotations
July 18, 2007