waroom
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Dutch
Adverb
waroom
- Misspelling of waarom.
- 1932, Bataviaasch nieuwsblad, volume 47, number 158, page 12:
- Maar mama, waroom juist suiker?
- But mummy, hwy specifically sugar?
- 1955, H. van Straten, P. van Ostaijen, “Tweemaal nee”, in Het vrije volk, volume 10, number 3024, page 13:
- En waroom zou men dat doen? Als eerbetoon aan puristen à la Charivarius?
- And hwy would one do that? As an homage to purists like Charivarius?
- 1981, J. Visser-Roosendaal, “De Lage Hoek”, in Trouw, volume 39, number 11399, page 17:
- „Waroom, kind.” Toen onthulde Jannie hem haar grootste zorg van de laatste jaren.
- „Wy, child.” Then Jannie confessed to him her biggest worry of the last years.
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