mine
/maɪ̯n/ pronoun A1- Used predicatively. · The house itself is mine, but the land is not.· These books are mine.
- Used substantively, with an implied noun. · Mine has been a long journey.
- Used absolutely, set off from the sentence. · Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
- My house or home. · We had the party at mine.
- As double possessive. · This house of mine is over 100 years old.· You have something of mine.
Plural mine
From the library
“Eh,” he said, negligently, “this money is not mine.
“Take good care of these friends of mine,” said the Lion, “and I will go at once to fight the monster.”
“If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all.
The Crow put an end to the dispute by saying, “Your feathers are all very well in the spring, but mine protect me against the winter.”
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