oxens

See also: Oxens

English

Noun

oxens

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) plural of ox
   • 1890, Willia Eleazer Barton, Life in the Hills of Kentucky, page 96:

     But I had ter drive my steers more'n I wanted to on the way — I kep' a yoke o' oxens, an' tuck 'em 'long. I dunno how I'd a got back ef I hadn't a had them. I had ter drive the oxens mostly, an' I rode one mule an' led tother 'un, an' my oldest boy druv the waggin.

   • 1899, The Canadian Magazine, volume 12, page 324:

     I sign ded paper an' tak' t'ree honder dollar now, an' I'm not mak' some claim bimeby again on de Gouvernement for ma oxens.

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Swedish

Noun

oxens

1. definite genitive singular of oxe