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English
Etymology 1
Equivalent to took + -en.
Verb
tooken
- (obsolete, dialectal) plural form of took
1848, Robert Armitage, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Ernest Singleton, volume III, London: Richard Bentley, page 70:They tooken him to Soesbury, / To be at sizes tried: / Says he, 'within the stone jug. / I'll grin and there abide.
1863, Benjamin Brierley, “Trevor Hall, or, The Weaver of Windy-Gap”, in Chronicles of Waverlow, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., page 115:Well bo'; aw meean that time when yo' tooken the shillin'.
1883, Charlotte Sophia Burne, Georgina Frederica Jackson, Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, volume 1, London: Trübner & Company, page 46:[…] but they tooken on 'em soft, an' maden out as they wun right glad to see 'em agen, an axt 'em to come in an' a some mate an' drink.
Etymology 2
A conflation of took and taken; equivalent to took + -en.
Verb
tooken
- (dialect, nonstandard) past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken.
2000, Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue, page 161:"She be tooken. They tooken her away."
2007 January 23, Michael Brick, “A Turbulent Life Is Described by the Family of a Killer”, in New York Times:“You’re not supposed to let your child get tooken somewhere without your knowledge,” Cheryl Wilson said.
2010, Kathi Purnell, Silent Heroes, page 188:Both of them had snow on their boots, and a little on the hems of their coats, but they weren't all froze cold like yesterday. “We tooken the bus,” RJ told us.
2014, John D. MacDonald, Deadly Welcome:Sure you've seen me before, Doyle. Turkey Kimbroy and I, we tooken you over to Davis long time ago to he'p you get in the army.
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