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Definition of Theirselves
1. theirself [n] - See also: theirself
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theirselves
Literary usage of Theirselves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1869)
"I believe I'd ha' spoilt Jem, but there's some children that won't spoil, just
as there's others that spoils theirselves. ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"They aver that they theirselves have been no less ed scandalized than I myself—J.
... of red tic speech: They was talking and bawling amongst theirselves, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"They not only asks lots of people to cum to dinner, and gives lots of money to
their Poor, but they presents theirselves with boot i ful reel Gold ..."
4. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1852)
"Oh 1 left to theirselves, in coorse they all went wrong — there was nobody ...
However, joking apart, the fish managed to plunge theirselves head over ears ..."
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