Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- pronoun Himself.
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- pronoun nonstandard Variant form of
himself
Etymologies
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Examples
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I constantly hear hisself and theirselves, as in he done it hisself and they know theirselves.
Chapter 9. The Common Speech. 4. The Pronoun Henry Louis 1921
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I'm still waiting on the animal rights ninja himself (Jason Miller) to come on here and 'splain hisself to the good folks.
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Evian, as he call hisself, talk on the phone a lot.
Finding Dignity J. Marie Darden 2005
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Evian, as he call hisself, talk on the phone a lot.
Finding Dignity J. Marie Darden 2005
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I heard this Starlight, as he calls hisself now, say to him,
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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"An 'as to why I'd no joined yer precious club, ye can ask that bigger fool Aldershot or whate'er it is he calls hisself when he's at home!"
The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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I remember dat old Master's son-in-law dat my sister whipped, he called hisself a doctor and he killed Aunt Clo.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Work Projects Administration
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And they tells me at his lodgin ', for I follered him a-purpose to find him out, that he calls hisself a Frenchman, and says as how his name -- which it is
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902
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'He were a foreigner -- Jevanny he called hisself -- and he come a-tweaking his' urdy-gurdy round and about the drive one winter day, and master 'ad him in that minute, and ast all about where he came from, and how old he was, and how he made his way, and where was his relatives, and all as kind as heart could wish.
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John Leach, he calls hisself -- has been comin 'along an' preachin 'at the store.
The Desired Woman 1888
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