hisn
or his'n
[ hiz-uhn ]
Origin of hisn
11350–1400; Middle English hysene;cf. hern2
Words Nearby hisn
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How to use hisn in a sentence
In vulgar parlance this book is not your own or our own, but "yourn" or "ourn," or it may be "hisn" or "hern."
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellWhen I shifted my position, he turned the other way quick, and coughed–that pore little gone-in cough of hisn.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesBergin dug a big hole behind that ole vacant shack of hisn, and buried about a ton of tin cans.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher | Eleanor GatesCall in young Parson Hooper and make him force them adherents of hisn to give it up.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandAnd "how Lem Wheeler, while out hunting that roan steer o' hisn, had heard a moanin' an' a wailin' under the bluff."
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell Wright
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