ownself
pronEtymology From own + self.
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Caribbean, Singlish, Southern US, Especially, Regional (One's) self; used with a preceding possessive adjective to form a pronominal phrase.
- You may be ashamed of your ownself, to disturb People at this Time of Night.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
- “Tea Cake ain't been no boy for some time. He's round thirty his ownself.”1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 3:
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- Did you paint this your ownself?2016, John Chan, Singlish Notebook: