hain't

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See also: haint

English

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Pronunciation

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Contraction

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hain’t

  1. (dialectal, archaic) has not
    • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna[1], L.C. Page, →OCLC:
      "But he never speaks ter anybody, child—he hain't for years, I guess, except when he just has to, for business, and all that."
  2. (dialectal, archaic) have not
  3. (dialectal, hypercorrect) ain’t

Usage notes

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Hain’t originally derived from han’t, and meant has not and have not. In certain h-adding modern dialects, hain’t is synonymous with, and a replacement for, ain’t in all its uses.

Anagrams

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