Spooney (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Spooney

(WHIP) Thin, haggard, like the shank of a spoon; also delicate, craving for something, longing for sweets. Avaricious. That tit is damned spooney. She’s a spooney piece of goods. He’s a spooney old fellow.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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Spouted
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