thro

or thro'

[ throo ]

prepositionArchaic.

archaic spellings of through.

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How to use thro in a sentence

So fire a few shots thro' my clothes, here and there, To make it appear 'twas a desp'rate affair.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various
He was at first but a common Soldier, and has gone thro all the Degrees of Preferment.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II | Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
No, sonny, religun's fur everybody an' ye kan't thro preachin' bricks ye don't hit somebody.
Watch Yourself Go By | Al. G. Field
A small Branch of the Leck passes thro' it, and supplies it with plenty of Water.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I | Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
Great sickness has prevailed thro' the fall in the mines, there being buried from Hangtown alone about 13 a day.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 | E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls

British Dictionary definitions for thro'

thro'

thro

/ (θruː) /

preposition, adverb

informal, or poetic variant spellings of through

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