whomst
English
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- IPA(key): /huːmst/
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Pronoun
whomst
- (now chiefly Internet slang and humorous) Nonstandard form of who or whom.
- 1884 William Reid, Romance of song; or, The muse in many moods, page 63:
- May I embrace him on the Further Shore,
Where thy tumultuous tide shall never rise
To overwhelm thy fated pilgrims more,
Whomst thou, sad sea, unto the Lord shalt yet restore.
- May I embrace him on the Further Shore,
- 1892, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
- "Squaire, whomst did you say were a-hangin' arfter you ?" he asked without advancing a step.
- 1983, Joel Chandler Harris, The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, compiled and edited by Richard Chase, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 762:
- All an' simely, whichever, an' whoever, an' wharsomever, speshually de howcome an' de whatshisname, de 'fo' said, flainter an' flender, le' 'im come headfo'most inter de court-house, whar de high she'ff an' de low kin lay 'im down an' flatten 'im out; all whomst she mought consarn.
- 1884 William Reid, Romance of song; or, The muse in many moods, page 63:
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