yourn
Americanpronoun
Etymology
Origin of yourn
1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to your + -n, as in mine 1
Example Sentences
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“Dat mule uh yourn, Matt. You better go see ’bout him.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
“That sunshine-colored hair of yourn gonna get you out of your indenture right quick,” he predicted.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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
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
“I pray to sweet baby Jesus that bad marksmanship ain’t something that run in the Bobo family. If you’s as cockeyed a shot as your ma was, my goose is cooked. And yourn too.”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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