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(obsolete, outside, British, and, American, _, dialects, especially, Appalachian) Ours.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

(obsolete, outside, British, and, American, _, dialects, especially, Appalachian) Ours.

Origin: From , ouren, from and similar forms. Compare mine, thine; also compare and see hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, ours, which see for more. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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