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yourn — dialectal possessive pronoun from YOUR (Cf. your), attested from late 14c. See HER (Cf. her) … Etymology dictionary
yourn — [[t]yʊərn, yɔrn, yoʊrn[/t]] pron. Nonstandard. +sts yours Also, your n … From formal English to slang
yourn — (ˈ)yō(ə)rn, (ˈ)yu̇(ə)rn, (ˈ)yȯ(ə)rn, u̇ən, ōən, ȯ(ə)n; for t & d + y see you I pronoun Etymology: Middle English youren, from youre, your your + n (as in min mine) dialect … Useful english dictionary
Show Boat — Infobox Musical name = Show Boat boxwidth = 21em image size = 0 caption = Window card for the 1994 revival music = Jerome Kern lyrics = Oscar Hammerstein II book = Oscar Hammerstein II basis = Edna Ferber s 1926 novel Show Boat productions=1927… … Wikipedia
Ain't I a Woman? — is the name given to a speech, delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth, (1797 1883), born Isabella, a slave, in New York State. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known anti slavery speaker.Her speech, which… … Wikipedia
chirrup — 1. verb To make a series of chirps, clicks or clucks 2. noun A series of chirps, clicks or clucks When other folks squirrels are at home and asleep, yourn keep in motion among the trees and chirrup and sing, in a way that even a Delaware gal can… … Wiktionary
we-uns — pronoun /ˈwiːənz/ We; us. “We uns hev all been a gittin married round hyar lately. Whars that purty wife o yourn?” See Also: you uns, youuns … Wiktionary
hers — c.1300, hires, from HER (Cf. her); a double possessive. Possessive pronouns in Modern English consist of the predicative (mine, thine, his, ours, yours, theirs) that come after the subject, and the attributive (my, thy, his, her, our, your,… … Etymology dictionary
your — O.E. eower, genitive of ge ye (see YE (Cf. ye)), from P.Gmc. base of YOU (Cf. you). Cf. O.S. iuwar, O.Fris. iuwer, O.N. yðvarr, O.H.G. iuwer, Ger. euer, Goth. izwar your … Etymology dictionary
