/dhem/ ; unstressed /dheuhm, euhm/ , pron.
1. the objective case of they , used as a direct or indirect object: We saw them yesterday. I gave them the books.
2. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun they in the predicate after the verb to be ): It's them, across the street. It isn't them.
3. Informal. (used instead of the pronoun their before a gerund): The boys' parents objected to them hiking without adult supervision.
adj.
4. Nonstandard. those: He don't want them books.
[ 1150-1200; ME theym theim them (dat.); r. ME tham ( e ), OE thaem, tham; cf. THEY ]
Usage . See he 1 , me, they .