thro

American

[throo] / θru /

Or thro'

preposition

Archaic.

archaic spellings of through.

thro' British

/ θruː /

preposition

informal variant spellings of through

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"SILVERSTONE NOWCAST: Increasing signs of potential shower / convergence line development from now thro FP3 into quali."

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2011

Yesterday I got past him because he was so busy yacking to someone that just I walked thro'.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010

Who walks thro his world alone e'er lifts A soul that is sorrow-rife.

From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young

And thro its magic doors You seem like a spirit flower, Wandering back from Allah's bourne To seek for some lost boon.

From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young

Unless his father, strange and terrible, And mighty thro austerities—one whose Curse were as heavy as an hundred births—!

From The Immortal Lure by Rice, Cale Young

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