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they'uns

they'uns is the alternative form of they-uns.

Meaning of they-uns

Pronoun

they-uns

  1. (Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US) They (third-person plural subject pronoun).
  2. (Appalachia, Midwestern-US, US) Them (third-person plural object pronoun).
    • […] 'only' (she said as if the thought had just struck her, and as if to herself) 'that would be burning up in part the property of one of we uns, as, thank God, the house don't belong to they uns.'1880, George Chittenden Benham, A Year of Wreck: A True Story, by a Victim, page 106

Questions about they'uns

What is they'uns the alternative form of?
They'uns is the alternative form of they-uns.

Words near they'uns in the dictionary

  1. they'll do it every time
  2. they'll've
  3. they're
  4. they're only after one thing
  5. they's
  6. they'uns
  7. they've
  8. they-uns
  9. they/them
  10. they/them'd
  11. they/themmed

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