thro
preposition
archaic spellings of through.
thro
American
[throo]
/ θru /
Or
thro'
preposition
Archaic.
thro'
British
/ θruː /
preposition
Example Sentences
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"SILVERSTONE NOWCAST: Increasing signs of potential shower / convergence line development from now thro FP3 into quali."
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2011
Yesterday I got past him because he was so busy yacking to someone that just I walked thro'.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010
And wat’s war nur all, yah’ve hed to wauk wet and dry, thro thick and thin, i all sorts o’ weather to Keighley, wen you’ve wanted to go on the continent or Lundun.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis
Down thro Florida keys I'm going, I'm going!
From Sea Poems by Rice, Cale Young
Oud stocks on thee I first began To be that curious crater man, Ta travel thro this life’s short span, By fate’s dekree; Till aw fulfilled grate Nater’s plan, An’ cease ta be.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis
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