theirn

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See also: their'n

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Etymology

From Middle English theiren, compare hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, theirs, which see for more.

Pronoun

theirn

  1. (now UK, US, dialect, especially Appalachia, East Midlands) Theirs.
    • 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:
      “Nothin,” Dilsey said. “You tend to yo business en let de whitefolks tend to deir'n.”

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