tother meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

tother

pron

/ˈtʌðə(ɹ)/

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

Dialectal Other. Most often used after the.

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; […]1876, The Shamrock, volume 14:
‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you[…] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded1882, Caroline Hallet, “Out of the World”, in The Monthly Packet, page 522:

tother

adj

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

Dialectal, Obsolete The other (of two).

the tone way or the tother
That fella go in. By’m-by t'other fella come out.1898, John F. Hobbs, “Australian Aboriginal Sports and Wood-craft”, in Outing, page 447:

Dialectal, Obsolete Other, all others.

[…]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.1916, Noah Lock, “The Robber and the Housekeeper”, in Journal of Gypsy Lore, page 202:

tother

noun

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

Dialectal An other; another one.

Related terms: tone, tudder

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