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Meanings of thon in English

Russian
они
Portuguese
pronome neutro de terceira pessoa
Spanish
élle
Catalan
pronom de gènere neutre

A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener.

они
Usage of thon in English
1
I don't know bow, but I'm sure the thon will get here.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
2
It's his office, thon one with the brass plate on the door.
Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
3
But there's no fear of thon lady falling into sic a snare.
The Northern Iron
4
Furthermore, the thon is rather anti-clerical I think-or perhaps solely anti-monastic.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
5
Thou shouldst never run in debt if thon art without means.
Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker / Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on ...
6
But the organization appears to be getting behind the edit-a-thon movement.
Wired
7
The Poet sprang up from his stool and bowed deeply before the thon.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
8
And thon cave, Miss Una, with the smooth, red, clampy sides to it.
The Northern Iron
9
Pete wanting to resume his bitch-a-thon, he thinks, but it's not.
End of Watch
10
And was it for a lassie you were fightin' thon time?
The Northern Iron
11
D'ye mean to say ye dinna know the meaning o' thon?
Private Peat
12
The thon's father was Hannegan's uncle, but his mother was a serving maid.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
13
One time, I hosted a 12-hour live stream called Thank-a-thon.
Wired
14
I think it's pronounced Err-ISS-ick-thon, but heck, I'm just guessing.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
15
The thon's smile was condescending, although be did not openly brand the proposal childish.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
16
The thon slid out of his chair and went to sit in the window.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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