ourn
Americanpronoun
Etymology
Origin of ourn
1350–1400; Middle English (South and Midlands) ouren, ourn, equivalent to oure our + -n (by analogy with my, mine; thy, thine )
Example Sentences
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The in-state players on ourn rosters quickly convey that message to the players from out of state of what this game means.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2012
The man reached his hand out and shook ourn.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
"I found its mother an hour later—hobble-burned an' limping; an' it wasn't no H2 cow, neither; it was one of ourn."
From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.
That's the kind of a bug Henry was; and if we'd 'a' had him along 'stead of our kings he'd 'a' fooled that town a heap worse than ourn done.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark
That thar water's ourn as soon as it comes down the leetle draw ag'in.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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