whyn't

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English

Etymology

why +‎ -n't

Pronunciation

Contraction

whyn't

  1. (US, dialectal) Contraction of why don't.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 67:
      ‘She's skeered. Whyn't they leave her be?’
  2. (US, dialectal) Contraction of why didn't.
    • 1921, Booth Tarkington, Alice Adams, page 389:
      "Whyn't he tell me, the dang little fool?" "He did!" Mrs. Adams sobbed. "He did tell you, and you wouldn't give it to him."

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