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ownself

pron. own self (''emphatic usage'')

Usage examples of "ownself".

But still, no matter how bad things is, is they ever bad enough to blow your ownself up?

As no man of his own self catches 455 The itch, or amorous French aches So no man does himself convince, By his own doctrine, of his sins And though all cry down self, none means His ownself in a literal sense.

Texas was agreeing with her nephew as well as with her ownself, Miz Lewis -- I mean Miz Redburn -- dropped all plans to sell off the Cottonwood.

Frenchmen that rich women hired when you thought about making a gal come without pleasuring your ownself at the same time.

Whether you hire the room out or sleep in it your ownself, it was shot up because of me and I mean to put things right by you.

But you told him to commit a crime against nature with his ownself, and so here you are with less than six hours to go.