"whom're" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /ˈʍuː.mə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʍuːməɹ/ [US] Forms: whom’re [canonical]
enPR: hwo͞oʹmə [US], hwo͞oʹmr [US] Etymology: whom + ’re (“are”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|whom}} whom, {{m|en|'re|’re|are}} ’re (“are”) Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=whom’re}} whom’re
  1. (informal, interrogative) whom are Tags: contraction, informal, interrogative Related terms: whom’d, whom’ll, whom’s, whom’ve
    Sense id: en-whom're-en-contraction-r~z1NSbY

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          "ref": "1939, Irwin Shaw, Sailor off the Bremen, page 9? 〃, 〃",
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          "ref": "1943, Estelle Schrott, Heaven is for the Angels, Appleton-Century, page 65",
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