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thonself en · PRON

From thon + -self.

(archaic, nonstandard) themself; gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, coordinate with himself or herself, the reflexive form of thon.
- Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge. 1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology, 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, →OL, LCC BF141.W72, page 5:
- Thus neither man nor maid mates for thonself, but both love and move in the tribal interests and along the lines laid down by the tribal leaders. 1898, W. J. McGee, “The Seri Indians”, in J. W. Powell, editor, Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1895-1896, Washington, page 283:
- Maybe I don't speak for the average American, but I very much doubt that thon wants that word in thons language or that thon would use it thonself. 1985, William Knowlton Zinsser, On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction, 3rd edition, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC PE1429.Z5 1985, page 121:
- Each of the members is expected to inform ‘thonself’ on the topic thus allotted, and to be prepared to give an opinion or ask questions. 1885 June, “Local Circles”, in The Chataquan, volume 5, number 9, page 544: