sonova
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English[edit]
Phrase[edit]
sonova
- (pronunciation spelling) Son of a
- 1940, Florence Ruth Howard, Green Entry, page 270:
- "Well , I'll be a sonova bee ! " He turned a scowling face towards me.
- 1952, Robert V. Williams, The Hard Way, page 45:
- Then the cop brought his club down and caught the steward on the forehead. “Kill that sonova bitch !”
- 1988, Hanoch Teller, Above the B ottom Line: Stories and Advice on Integrity, page 53:
- Between you, me and de Commish, I never t'ought you'd make it, ya ole sonova gun.
- 2000, Chris R. Jamison, The Chesler Legacy, page 49:
- “You'll have to kill me first, you sonova whore,” she snarled in Spanish.
Noun[edit]
sonova (plural sonovas)
- (minced oath) Son of a bitch.
- 1947, J. Lane Linklater, Black Opal, page 38:
- She said solemnly: "That Epping was a sonova— a sonova— he was quite a guy."
- 1956, Walter J. Black, Detective Book Club, page 43:
- You sonova. You dirty sonova.
- 2010, Michael J. Scott, Jefferson's Road: The Spirit of Resistance:
- Sonova—we got a big one, Pete!
- 2011, Jean Johnson, A Soldier's Duty, page 336:
- You just go out there and get the sonovas who did this to her, Acting Lieutenant Ia.