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English
Etymology
From Middle English youren. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, yours. See also ourn, hern. Cognate with West Flemish joen (“yourn”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
yourn
- (obsolete outside British and US dialects, especially Appalachia) Yours.
1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A C McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:Your room's in there, back of the office, an' you'll find some clothes there that the last man forgot to take with him. You ken have 'em, an' from the looks o' yourn you need 'em.
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