See also: t'other

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English þe toþer, from the incorrect division of thet other (the/that other). Compare Scots tither; English tone. More at that, other.

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Pronoun

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tother

  1. (now dialectal) Other. Most often used after the.
    • 1876, The Shamrock, volume 14:
      Well, Guv'nor, he stood up by-and-by, and taking the bundles of rags, the big uns in one hand, tother ones in tother, he toddled out of the room; []
    • 1882, Caroline Hallet, “Out of the World”, in The Monthly Packet[1], page 522:
      ‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you [] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded

Usage notes

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  • Originally preceded by the. The spelling t'other arose from the misconception of being a contraction of the other.

Adjective

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tother (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal) The other (of two).
    the tone way or the tother
    • 1898, John F. Hobbs, “Australian Aboriginal Sports and Wood-craft”, in Outing[2], page 447:
      That fella go in. By’m-by t'other fella come out.
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) Other, all others.
    • 1916, Noah Lock, “The Robber and the Housekeeper”, in Journal of Gypsy Lore[3], page 202:
      [] an’ they left one ’n the sarvant gals as well for comp’ny like for the housekeeper, but the tother sarvant gals they took wid ’em.

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