tooken
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
tooken
- (obsolete, now nonstandard) plural form of took
- 1883, Charlotte Sophia Burne, Georgina Frederica Jackson, Shropshire Folk-lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings, page 46:
- […] but they tooken on 'em soft, an' maden out as they wun right glad to see 'em agen, an axt 'em to come in an' a some mate an' drink.
- 2010, Kathi Purnell, Silent Heroes, page 188:
- Both of them had snow on their boots, and a little on the hems of their coats, but they weren't all froze cold like yesterday. “We tooken the bus,” RJ told us.
- 2014, John D. MacDonald, Deadly Welcome:
- Sure you've seen me before, Doyle. Turkey Kimbroy and I, we tooken you over to Davis long time ago to he'p you get in the army.
Etymology 2 edit
A conflation of took and taken.
Verb edit
tooken
- (dialect, nonstandard) past participle of take; nonstandard form of taken.
- 2000, Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue, page 161:
- "She be tooken. They tooken her away."
- 2007 January 23, Michael Brick, “A Turbulent Life Is Described by the Family of a Killer”, in New York Times[1]:
- “You’re not supposed to let your child get tooken somewhere without your knowledge,” Cheryl Wilson said.