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Yourn vs Bourn - What's the difference?

yourn | bourn |

As a pronoun yourn

is yours.

As a noun bourn is

a small stream or brook.

yourn

English

Pronoun

(head)
  • Yours.
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1914 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burrows , title=The Mucker , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Your room's in there, back of the office, an' you'll find some clothes there that the last man forgot to take with him. You ken have 'em, an' from the looks o' yourn you need 'em. }}

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    bourn

    English

    Etymology 1

    Doublet of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small stream or brook.
  • * Spenser
    • My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn .
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) borne.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • destination
  • limit

    • Quotations

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    See also

    * bourne

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