theirn
Americanpronoun
Etymology
Origin of theirn
their + -n, as in mine, thine
Example Sentences
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They'd got pestered with that ol' loom o' theirn.
From Strangers and Wayfarers by Jewett, Sarah Orne
The major likewise has hisn, and the officers theirn.
From At Plattsburg by French, Allen
He wants to have it all his own way, and they want to have it all theirn.
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
I set an' look into the blaze Whose natur', jes' like theirn, keeps climbin', Ez long 'z it lives, in shinin' ways, An' half despise myself for rhymin'.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
And, of course, I invited ’em to my Thanksgivin’ dinner, which they accepted with the same pleasure that we had theirn.
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
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