Meanings
alternative toder · alternative t'other
- dialectalOther. Most often used after the.
‘Me an th’ Lad ull help you[…] for all he’s not just like the tothers,’ here she nodded
1882, Caroline Hallet, “Out of the World”, in The Monthly Packet, page 5221 more example
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
alternative toder · alternative t'other
- dialectalnot comparableobsoleteThe other (of two).
the tone way or the tother
1 more example
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 - dialectalnot comparableobsoleteOther, 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
Origin
- Middle Englishþe toþer
- Englishtother
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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Cite this entry
tother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother
“tother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tother,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tother.
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