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Word: gwine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Manny,' she says, 'is you gwine care me to de dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Delta in Detail | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Neville Chamberlain went back to England then, and many years later an Andros native, who had been on hand at the chopping, dropped over to Nassau and learned that Britain was at war and Chamberlain Prime Minister. "We gwine lost dat war," said Old Mose. "Chickcharneys doan lak dat man." And for a while it seemed he was right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Chickcharneys at Munich | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

Then Churchill took over. "Now," said Mose, "we gwine win. Chickcharneys got no grudge dere." And with Chamberlain's abandoned railroad track melted down and sent to Britain for scrap, Mose's prediction proved entirely correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BAHAMAS: Chickcharneys at Munich | 3/24/1947 | See Source »

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