thruout

English

Etymology

See thru.

Preposition

thruout

  1. (US, Canada) Nonstandard spelling of throughout.
    • 1920 May, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 78, column 2:
      He connected the bulb in circuit with his conventional radio apparatus, using the same circuits for additional electrodes that he had used thruout his experiments with the thing.
    • 1943, Billboard, volume 55, number 3:
      It led to a drive against screeno as used in movie houses thruout the city.
    • 1950 March 4, John Evans, “Notes on News in Religion”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CIX, number 54, Chicago, Ill., page 8:
      St. Paul arrived in Greece 1,900 years ago this summer. It was a momentous event for the peoples of the western world. To signalize this undevicesimal centennial, the Greek Orthodox church is inviting scholars and religious leaders thruout the world to Athens for a delayed celebration in June of 1951.
    • 1964 May 27, Daily Times-Advocate, volume LI, number 237, Escondido, Calif., →OCLC, page 1:
      Daily Times-Advocate / SERVES MORE SUBSCRIBERS THRUOUT NORTHERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY THAN ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER

Adverb

thruout (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada) Nonstandard spelling of throughout.
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