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-in'

suffix, slang

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of -ing. alt-of, alternative, colloquial, morpheme, pronunciation-spelling

    ""Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang.""

Etymology

Alternate pronunciation of -ing with /n/ instead of /ŋ/. It is derived from two sources: * the Old English present participle suffix -ende; * the Old English verbal noun suffix -ung/-ing. The two Old English suffixes became confused in Modern English, due at least partly to the practice of spelling them both as -ing.

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