hain't

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See also: haint

English

Pronunciation

Contraction

hain’t

  1. (dialectal, archaic) has not
    • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, 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

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.

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