Meaning

1 senses
  1. (West Country, obsolete)The (plural form); those.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Certainly most have the Spanish pox, or, as some call it, the French, tho it be common to all nations.

Origin

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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