Example Sentences

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There are no such forms as hisself, your'n, his'n, her'n, theirself, theirselves, their'n.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas

Yes, I reckon they forgot Mary wasn't their'n by rights.'

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

The whole passel of them was on that one street of their'n, talkin' sixteen ounces to the pound.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

"They do indeed, sir, and they ought to do it; for we have been longer than is for our good, in their'n."

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

Well, they never could answer it; and then, says I, 'When you larn your own business, I guess it will be time enough to teach other folks their'n.'

From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler