whom's en · PRON
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(alt-of, misconstruction, rare) Misconstruction of whose.
alt of whose
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whom's en · X
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(abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, rare) Contraction of whom + is.
alt of whom
“Whom’s it for?” asked Dick, as Maud came running toward them, waving the note over her head. “For all of you, I think,” said Maud, reading aloud the address.
[1880–9?], Mary B[reck] Sleight, “How We Didn’t Go to the Circus”, in Prairie Days or Our Home in the Far West, London: John F[arquhar] Shaw and Co., […], page 195:Whom’s it for? Oh! Mr. Edward Trevor; then it’s a brief by telegraph, I suppose.
1895, Ian Maclaren [pen name; John Watson], “Afterwards”, in The Woman at Home: Annie S[hepherd] Swan’s Magazine, volume III (October 1894 to March 1895), London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], page 402:“Whom’s it for?” “It’s for a friend.”
2015–8, Harry M[artin] Anderson Jr., Sandra’s Saga and Matthew’s World: A Story of a Biracial Family, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, rare) Contraction of whom + has.
alt of whom
“How many you got aboard?” / “Three of us good guys, one of whom’s been banged around a bit, but he’s okay.[…]”
1990 June, Jack D[ayton] Hunter, chapter 41, in Tailspin, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 352:I get to live with two people I hardly know, one of whom’s been in prison.
2022, Malcolm Duffy, “Teh lnuch”, in Read Between the Lies, London: Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:“Who do you mean by ‘us’?” / She shrugs. “People like me. Or my sisters.” / One of whom’s been disbelieved into looking like a guy and just happens to be Death. It’s so strange, when you think about it. Death’s got sisters.
1996 October, Charles de Lint, “Shining Nowhere but in the Dark”, in Realms of Fantasy, Herndon, Va.: Sovereign Media Co., Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 4, page 44, column 2: