Example Sentences

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"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

“And so,” said one, “you say they are livin’ all alone in that big house of their’n!

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various

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

“He didn’t say so in so many words, no ma’am, but that talk o’ their’n was mighty suspicious.”

From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas

There was a lively little argument goin' on out front, where some of our boys were tryin' to capture some of their'n.

From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank