hisn

American  

[hiz-uhn] / ˈhɪz ən /

Or his'n

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. his.

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Etymology

Origin of hisn

1350–1400; Middle English hysene; hern ²

Example Sentences

Tug said, “If I’s planned it jus’ right, the Tennessee toothpick’ll hit Tug right in that fat butt of hisn!”

From Literature

“He knowed they time was coming, like that pointer done. He could tell you when hisn coming, if he could talk. Or yours. Or mine.”

From Literature

“Mah britches is just as long as his. But dat wife uh hisn! Ah’m uh son of uh Combunction if Ah don’t go tuh Georgy and git me one just like her.”

From Literature

“Ah often wonder how dat lil wife uh hisn makes out wid him, ’cause he’s uh man dat changes everything, but nothin’ don’t change him.”

From Literature

The site was known to the Arabs as ‘Ayin esh shems, “the fountain of the sun,” more recently as Tel Hisn.

From Project Gutenberg