theirn

American  

[thairn] / ðɛərn /

Or their'n

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. theirs.

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Etymology

Origin of theirn

their + -n, as in mine, thine

Example Sentences

Which the Walterses could of dreened theirn too, only they'd ruther hunt ducks and have fish frys than to dig ditches.

From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don

I made it, and while the other boys were spendin' theirn, I saved mine.

From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson

Lickin’ things into a’ excitin’ pass, them lots of theirn flew back’ards and for’ards till the air was plumb full of sand.

From Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Gates, Eleanor

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

How queer human critters be! what strange and mysterious tacts they will git on and how they will foller up them tacts and fads of theirn.

From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta