tother

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Pronunciation

/ˈtʌðə(ɹ)/

Definition of tother

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

pron

(dialectal)Other. Most often used after the.

“Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; […]”
“‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you[…] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded”

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pron

(dialectal)Other. Most often used after the.

“Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; […]”
“‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you[…] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded”

adj

(dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete)The other (of two).

“the tone way or the tother”
“That fella go in. By’m-by t'other fella come out.”
(dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete)Other, all others.

“[…]an’ they left one ’n the sarvant gals as well for comp’ny like for the housekeeper, but the tother sarvant gals they took wid ’em.”

noun

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English þe toþer, from the incorrect division of thet other (“the/that other”). Compare Scots tither; English tone. More at that, other.

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