"'um" meaning in All languages combined

See 'um on Wiktionary

Pronoun [English]

Etymology: Contracted from them. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} 'um
  1. Alternative form of 'em Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: 'em Derived forms: no-see-um
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          "text": "They call themselves gentlemen, I warrant you; but, as my first husband used to say, they should remember it is we that pay them. And to be sure it is very hard upon us to be obliged to pay them, and to keep 'um too, as we publicans are.",
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