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- phrase archaic Contraction of
thou hast .
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Examples
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'Thou lookest tired and hungry; thou'st been treated ill.
Vietnam: Solutions McCarthy, Mary 1967
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Now say thy foolery again, an thou'st not forget it.
Vietnam: Solutions McCarthy, Mary 1967
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"Why, first, two years ago, he himself brought, me, on horseback behind him, his niece that thou'st seen out there."
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_ Villain, thou'st given me poyson; my veins swell
The Fatal Jealousie (1673) Henry Nevil Payne
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"Now I will give thee other two ships, and even then thou'lt need all the strength thou'st got."
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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For though thou'st watched me from childhood's hour,
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-- To die in peace! devoting her thou'st sworn to live for to madness, misery, and death!
The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard
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_ Nay, if thou'st hopes, by that I do conjure thee
The Fatal Jealousie (1673) Henry Nevil Payne
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When with thy flocks to Cleitor's bounds thou'st hied,
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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"'Tis well! thou'st chosen, father, well -- it is a glorious part!"
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