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English
Etymology
From Middle English þe toþer, from the incorrect division of thet other (“the/that other”). Compare Scots tither; English tone. More at that, other.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tother
- (now dialectal) Other. Most often used after the.
1876, The Shamrock, volume 14:Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; […]
1882, Caroline Hallet, “Out of the World”, in The Monthly Packet, page 522:‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you […] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded
Usage notes
- Originally preceded by the. The spelling t'other arose from the misconception of being a contraction of the other.
Adjective
tother (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialectal) The other (of two).
the tone way or the tother
1898, John F. Hobbs, “Australian Aboriginal Sports and Wood-craft”, in Outing, page 447:That fella go in. By’m-by t'other fella come out.
- (obsolete or dialectal) Other, all others.
1916, Noah Lock, “The Robber and the Housekeeper”, in Journal of Gypsy Lore, page 202:[…] an’ they left one ’n the sarvant gals as well for comp’ny like for the housekeeper, but the tother sarvant gals they took wid ’em.
Noun
tother (plural tothers)
- (now dialectal) An other; another one.
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