What does the following sentence mean [ From The Invisible Man , Ch 1 ]

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I'm a little confused by the following sentence. I know all the nouns here, but I don't understand the phrase "a turn them bandages"

What a turn them bandages did give me, to be sure!

Those bandages gave me quite a surprise. – GEdgar Feb 23 '12 at 04:12 — GEdgar, Feb 23 '12 at 04:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 04:23

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Turn: see definition 13b. Here it means a surprise or shock. And them here is dialect for those.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 04:23

Nate Eldredge

Yeah , now i know it's them that confused me, thanks. – daisy Feb 23 '12 at 05:02
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Them thar colloquialisms can be just a mite vexin' to grok! – ErikE Feb 23 '12 at 05:33

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