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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“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 Mayne Reid
He hed one fault, an’ that wor just same as all tother Haworth celebrates, he wod talk oud fashund, an’ that willant due up at London.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright
Wickliffe's translation of the Bible: Matthew xxiv, has: Two wymmen schulen be gryndynge in oo querne; oon schal be taken and the tother left.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
Only one voice was heard—that of Hickman: “Now Jim, you sight Spence—gie tother to me.”
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
Yes it does," said Ann, who would not abate one jot of her assertions; "with you, who ain't like tother people, and who never was.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
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