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yon

  [yon] ,Older Use.
Use yon in a Sentence
–adjective, adverb
1. yonder.
–pronoun
2. that or those yonder.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE geon; akin to D gene, G jener, ON enn, inn the, Goth jains that
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yon   (yŏn)   
adv.   & adj.
Yonder.
pron.   Regional
That one or those yonder.

[Middle English, short for yond, yond; see yond and yonder, yonder; see yonder. Pron., Middle English, from Old English geon; see i- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

yon

see hither and thither (yon).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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