Meanings
- colloquialnonstandardBelonging to the multiple persons being addressed.
1998, Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0061097314&id=O-XiVJO1K1gC&pg=PA253&lpg=PA253&dq=%22your+all%27s%22&sig=5Da_gaMm3H8qL9XdRqNEJb2XkMg “Bless your all’s hearts,” she said. “Take good care.”
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And yet, your all’s close questioning goes right to the heart of the discrimination and everything else, and that’s the basis of their operation.
1982, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Tuition Tax Credit Proposals http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=OCLC09290207&id=p88KC1hVqHcC&q=%22your+all%27s%22&dq=%22your+all%27s%22&pgis=12004, George Pelecanos, Soul Circus http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0446611425&id=RCjLCwr8XikC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=%22your+all%27s%22&sig=cqBMtWCUeBgQTgUcwVxmTXWiDbM “He might say somethin’ to our mother. I don’t want her stressin’ over me.” “I can understand that. We don’t need to be worryin’ your all’s moms.”
Origin
From your + all + -'s, formed after you all.
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