tother
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of tother
1175–1225; Middle English the tother for thet other, variant of that other the other; see that, other
Example Sentences
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He stood a spell on one foot fust Then stood a spell on tother, An' on which one he felt the wust He couldn't ha' told ye, nuther.
From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell
“The tother tree to which its root had been clingin’ war one o’ them as had falled into the river, takin’ the fox-grape along wi’ it.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Reid, Mayne
And that's where I barked it when you roped my pony tother day.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Patchin, Frank Gee
Ef they are, then we must make roun’ it the best way we kin, an’ take up thar trail on the tother aide.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
“Thar must be somethin’ queery on tother side,” he whispered to O’Neil, who was in ambush by his side.
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
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