hern
1 Americannoun
pronoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hern
Middle English hiren; by association with my, mine, thy, thine, etc.
Example Sentences
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Little boys bite little girls; men hear seals barking in the middle of the night; shapeless women spring into rooms crying, "I come from haunts of coot and hern."
From Time Magazine Archive
The class struggle went on even in the haunts of coot and hern, and what was worse, very few of the local coots seemed to care.
From Time Magazine Archive
She came forward and greeted me with great cordiality and gin the hand I extended a warm grasp, and I hern visey versey, and sez she: “I am glad to see you, Josiah Allen’s wife.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
But, just the same, whenever I seen him put his haid clost to hern, it shore got under my skin.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor
Sez I, “It will help one of your relations if you’ll take off 223 that red petticoat of hern, and ribbins and cameos and badges and things.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
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