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English
Etymology 1
Verb
wo'n't
- Archaic spelling of won't.
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- We indeed!” cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail. “As if I would talk on such a subject! Our family always hated cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don’t let me hear the name again!”
- “I wo’n’t indeed!” said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. “Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?”
Etymology 2
Contraction
wo'n't
- (archaic) Alternative spelling of wouldn't (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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