ben't

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See also: bent and Bent

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪnt/, /biːnt/

Contraction

ben't

(dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)
- 1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!:
  'What... I only hope he ben't one of those popish murderers,' said the old steward, keeping at a safe distance from him, as they entered the hall.
- 1868, The Sunday Magazine, page 476:
  "Well, Joe, I ben't a fool, if I ben't so religious as you be. You ben't a bad fellow, though you be a Methodist, and I ben't a fool, though I be Harry Cobb."
- 2000, Elizabeth Mansfield, Miscalculations:
  "You be a guest, ben't ye?" a footman asked, getting to his feet again.
- 2012, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Matthean Parables, page 119:
  Death and eternity ben't so familiar to them at such times; {they are} very much unacquainted with them
- 2014, John Vanbrugh, Bernard Harris, The Relapse, page 96:
  I wish there ben't some mistake in this business.

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