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yourn

or your'n

[ yoorn, yawrn, yohrn ]

pronoun

, Nonstandard.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yourn1

1350–1400; Middle English, equivalent to your + -n, as in mine 1

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Example Sentences

That was a considerable sensible commandment of yourn, always to shoot the foremost of the Mexicans when they attacked.

In vulgar parlance this book is not your own or our own, but "yourn" or "ourn," or it may be "hisn" or "hern."

Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!

These uncles of yourn ain't no uncles at all; they're a couple of frauds—regular dead-beats.

Oh yes, sir, I brought a bigger nor yourn for this here train—we have a fly on purpose.

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your guess is as good as mineyours