sonova

sonova

1. (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.

sonova (plural sonovas)

1. (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.

• Anosov, Novoas