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Etymology

From Middle English thos (those), alteration of tho pl (the; those), equivalent to tho (the; those) +‎ -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (these), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.

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those

  1. plural of that
    Those bolts go with these parts.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Luke 1:1:
      Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
    • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
      From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts.

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those

  1. plural of that
    those who serve [those persons who serve]
    don't touch those [those objects over there]

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