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"ref": "1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer, volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248",
"text": "Every writer has \"thons\" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even \"thon\" who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result.",
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"ref": "1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology, 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, →OL, LCC BF141.W12, page 5",
"text": "Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.",
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"ref": "1907 August, C. W. Larisunz, “Thε Sol:—Hwens?—Hwither?”, in Thε Jurnɑl ɵv ɷrthɵεpi & ɷrthɵgrɑfi, volume 24, number 8, page 153",
"text": "In everi individɥɑl then, ɑr thε elεments ɑut ɵv hwich everi sol haz pɑuer tu ɛlaborɞt ʊntu thonself hwɵtever cɵndishʊn thon dɛzɩrz — tu mɞc fɷr thonself heven ɷr hel, hwichever thon iz wiliŋ tu strɩv fɷr.\nIn every individual then, are the elements out of which every soul has power to elaborate unto thonself whatever condition thon desires — to make for thonself heaven or hell, whichever thon is willing to strive for.",
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"ref": "1985, William Knowlton Zinsser, On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 3rd edition, New York: Harper & Row, →LCCN, LCC PE1429.Z5 1985, page 121",
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"ref": "1884 July 23, C. C. Converse, “A New Pronoun”, in The Critic and Good Literature, number 31, New York, published 1884 August 2, page 55",
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"ref": "2020, Charlie Kaufman, Antkind, page 102",
"text": "I send my files to Dinsmore with a cutting note too subtle for thon to understand (thon is an imbecile, regardless of thon’s protected status).",
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"ref": "2010 December 17, Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Anchor Canada",
"text": "“Whatever are ye lookin' at, Neil?” his mother demanded, looking up from fastening her favorite garnet brooch. “That's the third time ye've had a peek out thon window.” “Not a thing, Mam,” he said, inhaling deeply. “Only taking pleasure in the day. Such beautiful weather, is it not?” Mrs. Forbes sniffed, but obligingly settled her spectacles on[…]",
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"glosses": [
"tapering, tapered"
],
"links": [
[
"tapering",
"tapering"
],
[
"tapered",
"tapered"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"slender"
],
"links": [
[
"slender",
"slender"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tʰɔn˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hà-Nội"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tʰɔŋ˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Huế"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[tʰɔŋ˧˧]",
"tags": [
"Hồ-Chí-Minh-City"
]
}
],
"word": "thon"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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