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dunno|ˈdʌnəʊ, dəˈnəʊ|
also dunna(w), etc.,
colloquial forms of (I) do not (or don't) know. See do v. 29 and cf. dunnamany.
1842G. P. R. Pulman Rustic Sketches 34 There I vlounder'd like a zow, An' ramm'l'd out I dun-no how. 1848Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. vii, I dunno as it's ushle to print Poscrips. 1867P. Kennedy Banks Boro xxiii, Now indeed I dunna what to do. 1868[see blow v.1 12 b]. 1888B. L. Burnett Stable Boy ii, I dun naw wat ta du! 1902J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 85 Dunno a heap about the what an' why, Can't say's I ever knowed. 1926R. Macaulay Crewe Train i. ii. 10 If you had asked her why, she would have replied, ‘Dunno. It's a bother speaking to people when you're out.’ 1938C. Morgan Flashing Stream ii. ii. 186 He'll begin to say to himself: ‘Well, I dunno. P'raps I'm wrong.’ 1946[see get v. 42 g]. 1966P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 22 A sed ‘Wharar thee wack?’ ‘A dunno,’ she said back. |