dursn't

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Etymology

From durst +‎ not.

Verb

dursn't

  1. (archaic, Yorkshire) Contraction of durst not.
    • 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers,‎, page 126:
      Dursn’t jump off a gate, dursn’t tweedle, dursn’t go on a slide, dursn’t stop a girl hittin’ her.
    • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying,, page 153:
      If he had been a man, he would a been there instead of making his sons do what he dursn’t.

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