Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To thou.
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Examples
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They hev been mightily put ter it this winter ter live along, 'thout' Vander ter holp 'em, like he uster.
In the Tennessee mountains, pseud. Charles Egbert Craddock 1885
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"I tell you, Mas 'Tom," he said, "wood'll float, 'thout 'tis live oak, an' dis here drif'-pile 'll jest raise up an' float away, you'll see if it don't."
The Big Brother A Story of Indian War George Cary Eggleston 1875
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“Don't know, 'thout 't was I got up in my sleep,” said
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And after he come back from the funeral he shut himself up in the room where his grandchild had been -- and nobody ever see him no more from that day, 'thout 'twas the folks in the house; and there warn't many o' them; but he never went out.
Nobody Susan Warner 1852
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'thout' twuz sunthin 'ez pressin' ez Gabr'el's las 'trump?
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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'thout' twuz a double-headed calf I see once to a show?
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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He air toler'ble peaceable, cornsiderin 'ez nobody hev ever hed grit enough ter make a stand agin him,' thout 'twar the Cunnel thar. "
'way Down In Lonesome Cove 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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How I'm goin 'to git the wimmin to give up them trinkets,' thout 'lowin' I've lost my senses, is one too many fur me! "
Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Charles Clark Munn 1882
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I always thout the double standard was that men/boys in movies and real life can walk around shirtless for no apparent reason while women have to wear bras even on most beaches.
'New Moon' polls: Switching teams? Bella really the best role model? | EW.com 2009
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If you was, you'd hang 'thout rampin' around an 'roarin'.
JAN, THE UNREPENTANT 2010
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