Plural of furriner; multiple foreigners or outsiders, represented in dialect or non-standard spelling.
Plural form of the dialect word 'furriner,' maintaining the phonetic spelling pattern. Represents how 'foreigner' sounded in certain English accents, particularly in historical texts and dialect literature.
Reading old American literature, you'll find 'furriners' in dialogue to show character and region—Mark Twain and other authors used it to indicate rural or non-standard speech. Interestingly, this pronunciation variant still exists in some regional accents but we rarely write it down anymore.
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