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/ˈɡwaɪn/ · verb
(archaic, especially African-American Vernacular) present participle of go.
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.
“Come on, you Snowflake,” he called, cracking his long whip. “You're gwine to get your sugar, but you-all is gwine to earn it first.”
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Gwine means (archaic, especially African-American Vernacular) present participle of go.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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