yourn

(yʊərn, yɔrn, yoʊrn)

pron. Nonstandard.

yours.

Also, your'n.

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When I was a hired-out shepherd in a solitary hut, not seeing no faces but faces of sheep till I half forgot wot men's and women's faces wos like, I see yourn. I drops my knife many a time in that hut when I was a-eating my dinner or my supper, and I says, 'Here's the boy again, a-looking at me whiles I eats and drinks!' I see you there a many times, as plain as ever I see you on them misty marshes.

"They shall be yourn, dear boy, if money can buy 'em.

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"Stop that ar jaw o' yourn, there," said Tom, gruffly.

"Last summer, down on Red river, I got a gal traded off on me, with a likely lookin' child enough, and his eyes looked as bright as yourn; but, come to look, I found him stone blind.

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Bring them 'ere eyes o' yourn back into their proper places, or I'll knock 'em out of your head.

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"You stick around here every night with that dog of yourn. It makes trade.

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"And yourn's the same Bible, you're sure o' that, Master Marner-- the Bible as you brought wi' you from that country--it's the same as what they've got at church, and what Eppie's a-learning to read in?"

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Stand a litter furder west -- so -- that's it; it's a prime comfort to see faces that's friendly when a body's in such a muck of trouble, and there don't none come here but yourn. Good friendly faces -- good friendly faces.

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"That dog of yourn won't let me lay a finger on your stuff."

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"He's cut off the same piece o' goods as that there cider press and that there character and that there four-seventy-five o' yourn; nobody ever see any of 'em but you, and you'll never see 'em again!"

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Them stubs and receipts on the table is all yourn. Good day."

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And if you've got holsters to that saddle o' yourn, don't let me see your hand go nigh 'em.