Pronoun
Them; Third person plural pronoun

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Adjective
Those.

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natyboops
Jan 14, 2009 1:43pm
In the Virgin Islands, dem is used to make a plural like in "mangoose-dem".  It is also used to associate people and form a plural from one person's name such as "Lisa-dem" or "Lisa an dem" meaning "Lisa and the rest of the group" or "Lisa and the family".

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