English

Pronoun

y’all’s

1. (Southern US) Possessive of y’all (standing in for your).

   Here are y’all’s tickets for the show tonight.

   • 2004, David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316143464, page 80:

     “I ought to kick y’all’s asses,” he said. “Walking out on me the way you done, that’s no way to treat a friend.”

2. (Southern US) Possessive of y’all (standing in for yours).

   This drink’s mine; Bill and Joe, those drinks are y’all’s.

Synonyms

• your, yours
• your guys’s

Anagrams

• lylas
• sally, Sally