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'em (

pron. Informal

Contraction of them.

[From Middle English hem, from Old English him, heom, dative and accusative pl. of h, he; see he¹.]

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Then you see that great thing there like a great big rusty nail sticking up higher than all the houses, and that one yonder, and that, and how something's fell in between 'em among the houses.

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Some are for cutting long ribs--I'm for cutting 'em short myself; but I don't quarrel with 'em.

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And it's very strange, that when you've the care of 'em you've no better control over 'em than that

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