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Definition of ownsome in English: ownsomepronoun ˈəʊns(ə)mˈoʊnsəm in phrase on one's ownsomeinformal All alone. it wasn't fair to leave one chap on his ownsome Example sentencesExamples - If you see me in the street and engage in conversation I will probably freeze into polite fear and smile inanely until I can get away to be on my lonely ownsome.
- He was left on his lonesome ownsome on the edge of the six-yard box.
- When the big businesses of this world show up to big international pow-wows, they don't often do it on their ownsome.
- We decided to take all three hamsters, on the grounds that it wasn't fair to leave one chap on his ownsome.
- You appear to be spending Christmas day all on your ownsome.
- Tell me, what kind of cruel, selfish, heartless person would leave a dog all on its ownsome, all day long?
- You can discover these odd delights on your ownsome.
- In 2011, the world took its first look at what he was capable of on his ownsome.
- He ended up sailing off to Morocco on his ownsome.
- Help is just over there—you're not stuck trawling the net on your ownsome.
Origin 1920s: blend of own and lonesome. Definition of ownsome in US English: ownsomepronounˈōnsəmˈoʊnsəm in phrase on one's ownsomeinformal All alone. it's just me and Sheba, all on our ownsome Example sentencesExamples - You appear to be spending Christmas day all on your ownsome.
- He was left on his lonesome ownsome on the edge of the six-yard box.
- You can discover these odd delights on your ownsome.
- He ended up sailing off to Morocco on his ownsome.
- We decided to take all three hamsters, on the grounds that it wasn't fair to leave one chap on his ownsome.
- When the big businesses of this world show up to big international pow-wows, they don't often do it on their ownsome.
- If you see me in the street and engage in conversation I will probably freeze into polite fear and smile inanely until I can get away to be on my lonely ownsome.
- Help is just over there—you're not stuck trawling the net on your ownsome.
- Tell me, what kind of cruel, selfish, heartless person would leave a dog all on its ownsome, all day long?
- In 2011, the world took its first look at what he was capable of on his ownsome.
Origin 1920s: blend of own and lonesome. |