yourn

American  

[yoorn, yawrn, yohrn] / yʊərn, yɔrn, yoʊrn /

Or your'n

pronoun

Nonstandard.

1. yours.

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Etymology

Origin of yourn

1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to your + -n, as in mine ¹

Example Sentences

The sheriff said, “He ain’t trying nothing, Petey. You remember what I said; we’s all got a job here and yourn ain’t nothing but to holt on to them reins.”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“Dat mule uh yourn, Matt. You better go see ’bout him.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

You talks normal, but that boy a yourn been keeping his nose in a schoolbook so much he’s started talking like one.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

"You said it, man; he a relative of yourn?"

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

“Tidbit, you and that dog of yourn go with them and show them the way. But you stay outta that water, you hear? Gators get you!”

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper