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  1. adjective Used as a modifier before a noun: my boots; my accomplishments.
  2. adjective Used preceding various forms of polite, affectionate, or familiar address: My friend, you are so right.
  3. adjective Used in various interjectional phrases: My word! My goodness!
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  • I appreciate my--my friends' willingness to help. —  The House of Toys
  • "Iron Skull," he got out at last, "my--my girl has thrown me down Williams sat down beside him. —  Still Jim
  • It's my--my first important job and the rest of my work on the Makon depends on it. —  Still Jim
  • "I can't make you give up the ring," he said; "but no more you can't make me leave my--my establishment, and go away underground with you. —  The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance
  • "No," though her lips trembled, her voice was determined, "no, Olga, I'm going up to my--my neck to-day," and she held out her hands You are not--you're coming out!" —  The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story
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  1. Middle English mi, from Old English mīn; see me-1 in Indo-European roots. Interj., short for My God!.

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  1. from Middle Dutch myn, mine, myne, from Anglo-Saxon mīn, of me, as a possessive, mine: the final n being lost as in a for an, thy for thine, etc.: see mine.
 

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