hisn
Americanpronoun
Etymology
Origin of hisn
1350–1400; Middle English hysene; cf. hern 2
Example Sentences
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“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 "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
“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 "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Down he sprawled, them spectacles of hisn flyin’ off and bustin’ to smithereens.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
He stuck out one of them soft paws of hisn.
From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates
I put hisn up in the barn, in ’Liza’s stall.
From Out of Mulberry Street Stories of Tenement life in New York City by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
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