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theyselves

theyselves pronoun: themselves.

Pronoun

theyselves (personal pronoun)

  1. (nonstandard, personal, pronoun, dialect or African-American Vernacular) themselves
    • Here are people cherishing Aunt Sally Simpson's smile and watermelon days sans rolling eyes and white folks acting up, just black folks of theyselves, by theyselves, and for theyselves, understandin' Bert bustin' rock out on the county road and the chain gang cake-walkin' across the stage...2015, Steven C. Tracy, Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature, page 241

Questions about theyselves

What does theyselves mean?
Theyselves means themselves.
What part of speech is theyselves?
Theyselves is a pronoun.

Words near theyselves in the dictionary

  1. theymabs
  2. theyr
  3. theyre
  4. theyself
  5. theyselfs
  6. theyselves
  7. theyuns
  8. theyyam
  9. THF
  10. THFC
  11. THFCW

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