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| them [ em, unstressed əm ] |
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1. objective form of "they": used to refer to a group of people or things other than the speaker or people addressed
  I'll put them in a box for you.
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2. him or her: used instead of "him" or "her" to refer to a person without specifying gender
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informal
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If anyone is looking for me, tell them I'll be back soon.
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3. those: a dialect form of "those"
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regional or nonstandard
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Give me one of them oranges.
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4. regional themselves: used instead of "themselves" when the object of a verb refers to the same people or things as the subject of the verb
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nonstandard
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They got them a new car.
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| [12th century. < Old Norse þeim] |
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