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English
Etymology
from both of us and ours.
Pronoun
both of ours
- (colloquial) That which belongs to both of us; the possessive first-person pronoun used without a following noun.
1981, Meredith Sue Willis, Higher Ground:“ Everything we have is both of ours.”
2011, Dean Karlan, Jacob Appel, More Than Good Intentions: Improving the Ways the World's Poor Borrow, Save, Farm, Learn, and Stay Healthy:The I in this book is me, Dean. But the writing is both of ours.
Translations
that which belongs to both of us; the possessive first-person pronoun used without a following noun
See also
English personal pronouns
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