Meanings
yure1
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of your.
I've heard of yure old lot.
1891, Kate Sanborn, Adopting An Abandoned Farm1 more example
But as soone as you can come to yure loving own girl--ROBINA."
1919, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Joy in the Morning
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- YorkshireuncountableLancashirehair
Her skin wor all a deep blue black, / Her yure, a dark braan red.
1898, John Hartley, Yorkshire Lyrics1 more example
Aw know'd him when his yure stickt out at top ov his hat; and his shurt would ha' hanged eawt beheend, too,--like a Wigan lantron,--iv he'd had a shurt.
1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*eudarą
- Old Norsejúr
- Middle Englishȝowre
- Englishyure
From Middle English ȝowre, from Old Norse júr, júgr (“udder”), from Proto-Germanic *eudarą, *ūdarą. More at udder.
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yure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yure
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