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gwine
gwine
English
Verb
gwine
- (nonstandard) present participle of go
- 1851-1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, chapter 21:
- (Chloe): Well, I want spectin nothin; only Sam, he's a gwine to de river with some colts, and he said I could go long with him; so I jes put my things together.
- 1851-1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, chapter 21:
Usage notes
Used almost exclusively in the African-American community, dated.