that'n, adv. dial.
(ˈðæt(ə)n)
Also 9 that-en, thatn, that'ns.
[perh. for an earlier *thatkin(s of that kind, f. that dem. a. + kin n.1 6 b: cf. thiskin, thissen. But no instance of thatkin has been cited, and the termination may have a different origin.]
More fully a that'n, -s, in that way, in that manner, like that.
| 1695 Congreve Love for L. iii. iii, An you stand astern a that'n, we shall never grapple together. a 1796 Pegge Derbicisms, Thatn. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, That'ns,..in that manner. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Athatn, athatns... Thatn,..adv. that way.., as of the manner of doing a thing. |