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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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
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
Under "The Signs of Rain in Creatures" we have the following: "When the hern or bitron flies low, the air is gross, and thickening into showers."
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
She handed out exac’ly that many pairs of mittens–handed ’em out with such a sorry look in them kind eyes of hern, that the courtin’ quartette got worse in love with her ’n ever.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
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 Marietta Holley
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