tho

or tho'

[ thoh ]

/ ðoʊ /

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conjunction, adverb

an informal, simplified spelling of though.

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How to use tho in a sentence

PE, like fe, is another Hebrew letter, tho Greek and math people prefer their PI better.
National Scrabble Day: A Poem So You’ll Know All 101 Two-Letter Words|David Bukszpan|April 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
There is another Inaccuracy, which tho of less Consequence, ought not to escape notice.
Remarks on a Pamphlet Lately published by the Rev. Mr. Maskelyne,|John Harrison
Mrs. S., tho her dropsicle legs had never carred her half so fur before, was eternally on the key veve, as the French say.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush|William Makepeace Thackeray

He immediately stops, remains quite absorbed for a moment, and then begins to think aloud, speaking as tho he were an opponent.
Comrade Kropotkin|Victor Robinson
It has five Stacks of Chimneys, tho two of these serve only for ornament.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian

British Dictionary definitions for tho

tho'

tho

/ (ðəʊ) /

conjunction, adverb

informal a variant spelling of though

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