whom's

English

Contraction

whom's

1. (rare) Whom is.
   • [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?” 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.

   • 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? Oh! Mr. Edward Trevor; then it’s a brief by telegraph, I suppose.

   • 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:

     “Whom’s it for?” “It’s for a friend.”

Synonyms

• who's