hain't
See also: haint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heɪnt/
- Rhymes: -eɪnt
Contraction
hain’t
- (dialectal, archaic) has not
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 8:
- "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."
- 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 8:
- (dialectal, archaic) have not
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- “Doan’ hurt me — don’t! I hain’t ever done no harm to a ghos’. I alwuz liked dead people, en done all I could for ’em. You go en git in de river agin, whah you b’longs, en doan’ do nuffn to Ole Jim, ’at ’uz awluz yo’ fren’.”
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- (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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