tho

American

[thoh] / ðoʊ /

Or tho'

conjunction

an informal, simplified spelling of though.

tho' British

/ ðəʊ /

conjunction

informal a variant spelling of though

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Example Sentences

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"The Muse, poor hizzie / Tho' rough and raploch be her measure / She's seldom lazy."

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

Tho’ her tongue is soft, her heart’s macadam.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

So he will be, though law be clear as crystal, Tho’ all men plan to live in harmony.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2011

Tho' it doesn't make sense, To the dull and the dense .

From Time Magazine Archive

Tho’ I should use a Switch if I might.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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